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Wednesday, March 09, 2022

Wonderful. An asphalt shortage in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) says the Midstate is seeing more potholes than usual and Tennessee can't get the asphalt and contractors they need to solve this problem. 

TDOT told FOX 17 News it's a perfect storm of events with more freezing temperatures and rainfall and the roads in the area have reached the end of their life span.

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I was taking Lisa over to her folk's house in Portland last week to visit. Her back is so bad I habitually try to avoid any bumpy spots in the road - patched potholes, new potholes, whatever. I stay in my lane, but I'm all over that motherfucker.
As I was driving through Westmoreland, a cop fell in right behind me and I thought, "Wonderful, I'm going to get pulled over for a sobriety test," as I'm dodging and swerving, until I looked in my rearview mirror and saw the cop following my path exactly.