New York State completes over 1 million pothole repairs in 2026

New York State Department of Transportation crews have repaired more than one million potholes on state roads so far in 2026. Governor Kathy Hochul announced the milestone after joining a maintenance team near the Meadowbrook State Parkway in Hempstead to fill the millionth pothole.

To complete the repairs, crews and contractors utilized more than 39,500 tons of asphalt. The state reported that maintenance teams transitioned quickly from winter operations to road repair following a damaging winter season.

Regional repair totals included 178,000 in the North Country, 156,000 on Long Island, 150,000 in the Hudson Valley, and 121,000 in the Southern Tier. Other significant totals were recorded in the Finger Lakes (95,000), Western New York (88,000), the Capital Region (75,000), Central New York (52,000), the Mohawk Valley (43,000), and the Western Southern Tier (42,000).