Expat pro tip: If you live in Merida, the city encourages you to report potholes. Click here to let them know where to come. They aim for a response time of 48 to 72 hours to fix your bache. The city send private and city crews to patch an astonishing 3,700 potholes a day, reports Diario de Yucatán.
The department says they depend on these calls to keep on top of it. There are, after all, 2,000 kilometers, or 1,243 miles, of street surface to maintain, and a budget of 114,000 pesos to patch them.