A newly released audit review shows even simple fixes could result in major improvements to San Diego's pothole-ridden streets.

Those relatively simple fixes include; new mapping software to allow crews to group pothole assignments in specific areas, a new patch truck to avoid having crews wait for repairs on older trucks and requiring managers to monitor pothole repairs to ensure progress.

San Diego City Auditor Andy Hanau and his staff said that grouping pothole repairs alone could result in crews responding to 27 percent more potholes compared to the current model and result in a 40 percent reduction in miles driven.

Since 2013, the city has assigned a single pothole truck and crew to each of the nine council districts. However, council districts stretch for several square miles. Currently, crews fill one pothole and then travel to the other side of the district to repair another as opposed to filling potholes in the immediate area they are working in.

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