Exploding potholes: Medical Lake City Council discusses state of city's streets

By CARA LORELLO

Staff Reporter

The streets are popping open around Medical Lake thanks to a series of deep freezes, rain, snow and periods of dryness this winter season.

And frankly, there isn't much city officials can do to help the situation until things get a lot dryer, according to City

Administrator Doug Ross, who addressed the topic of street conditions at last Tuesday's city council meeting.

“We're very well aware of the problems we're having with our streets right now,” Ross said.

“Until things dry out, we can't really do much more than cover areas with dirt and put up barricades aroun...