The spring melt is wreaking havoc on roads and properties around Winnipeg.

This weekend, motorists continued to dodge nasty pothole and homeowners are contending with piles of concrete and dirt around properties left behind by city snow plows.

Felicity Pollard, 17, was on her way home Friday night when she hit two craters on Leila Avenue in the North End.

"I was driving like normal and, all of a sudden, I heard this boom. Oh my gosh, what happened?" she said Sunday.

The potholes badly damaged two of her tires, one at front and one at the back, said Pollard. New wheels will cost $300.

"I don't even have the money to pay for new tires, so it's like really inconvenient for me right now."

Until the potholes are repaired, she's urging motorist to slow down and watch out.
 

Pothole patcher dispatched

The City of Winnipeg is ramping up efforts to fix problem potholes.

Sunday, it dispatched the pothole patcher along McPhillips Street to repair some of the worst spots.

City staff said, so far, 2016 is experiencing an average number of potholes, but reports on specific locations needing repairs are down.

For now, the city says the pothole patcher will continue to make the rounds. In May, crews will return to problem areas and pour hot asphalt.

Drivers can report potholes to 311. If a vehicle is damaged, motorists can also make an insurance claim with Manitoba Public Insurance.
 

Brown boulevards

Michael Orchard has a problem with all the brown covering the boulevard and sidewalk around his property.

The Transcona homeowner says he's fed up cleaning up after city snow plow crews leave piles of concrete and dirt.

“It's fairly gross. We can't use our front sidewalk,” said Orchard Sunday.

He said, in the past four years, he's never seen the brown piles so bad -- and despite calling 311, the problem lingers.

“The city should have some accountability,” said Orchard. “They said they would be out in five days, one said the next day, so I've been getting a couple different answers."

Sunday evening, the city told CTV News it's looking into Orchard's complaint about dirty boulevards, but wasn’t able to “pull the specifics of this citizen's particular case on the weekend.”

As for the rest of the city, “boulevards on regional streets will be addressed by the City during the spring clean-up program,” a city spokesperson said Sunday.

“Boulevard cleanup in residential areas is limited to areas with excessive sand, which would be the equivalent of two wheel barrows or more of sand.”