Why cant we fill potholes?
Public employee unions.
I was a member of the laborors union back in my teens ( a long time ago ) we did contract work for a large utility company. Sometimes we would damage a street. We used cold patch, but did it correctly. The patch would last for years. The process is simple by time consuming..
1) blow ALL debris out of hole.
2) apply cold patch to just overflowing.
3) use a pneumatic tamper to tamp down the center and sides into the existing roadway.
4) add more cold patch and repeat until hole is filled and smooth with the top.
when is the last time you saw a repair crew with a tamper?