Butler street department workers Zachary Kordes, left, and Tom Stoughton fill potholes Tuesday along Lincoln Avenue.

Local municipalities took advantage of Tuesday's warmer weather to take on the growing number of potholes found on Butler County's roads.

Tom Shuler, working foreman for the Butler City Public Works Department, said the city has focused on streets like Morton Avenue and Monroe Street to start, but plans to make it to other major traffic areas like Main Street and Second Street as long as the weather holds out.

“(We're hitting) your heavily traveled streets,” he said. “(We're getting to) everything right now. Your main arteries.”

Shuler said this winter has been especially hard on some roads.

“The deterioration of the streets is just terrible,” he said. “A lot of times it's your freezing and thawing. Also, excessive wear, travel and traffic on the road too.”

Shuler said city road maintenance workers will apply latex cold-patches as a temporary solution.

“It's just a temporary fix to try to get us through until summer,” he said.

Many other municipalities will also look to the cold-patch for answers.

Travis Cavanaugh, Middlesex Township manager, said the township will continue to work on placing cold-patches until temperatures reach freezing once again.

“We try and do it as soon as it warms up, and we can get out there and do it,” he said.

Cavanaugh said cold-patches are a go-to fix for most municipalities looking to buy time for more permanent road repairs, but sometimes the war against potholes takes many battles.

“It's just a temporary fix. With this thaw and freezing, it's just going to pop right out,” Cavanaugh said. “So it does sometimes turn into an endless struggle.”

Cavanaugh said the township has seen significant damage to Denny Road, which was a priority Tuesday. He said the road will also be a priority for long-term fixes after winter ends. He said that time could not come soon enough.

“We're ready for the winter to be over,” Cavanaugh said.