Some Edmontonians are so frustrated with this year’s pothole epidemic they’re taking it upon themselves to fill a few of them — with flowers.

West-end resident Angela Lukacs spotted a makeshift garden in her neighbourhood at 144 Street and 105 Avenue Wednesday and says the sight made her smile.

“I was driving with my mom and saw that someone had filled the three big potholes with dirt and flowers,” said Lukacs.

“It’s so cute, I thought what a good idea.”

It’s the first time those road menaces have made her smile, she said, usually they make her want to scream.

“We’ve been waiting almost a year for those potholes to be filled, they cause constant problems,” she said. “They are hazards.”

Lukacs says she actually injured her head and neck earlier this year after the vehicle she was in slammed into one of the ruts and her head hit the roof.

“I was in the car and my head hit the roof on the car and it was extremely painful,” said the 21-year-old. “There are real safety issues here.”

She urged the city to speed up the filling process and says she hopes officials realize potholes can cause “more than just car damage, they can hurt people”.

Meanwhile, the city’s transportation committee gave the green light to a new long-term roadway plan that could see more money invested in Edmonton’s crumbling roadways.

According to a new report on the strategy, if approved by council Edmontonians would see the dollars spent on repairing and maintaing arterial roads triple — the city would pour $65 million into city streets in 2018.

Officials hope the plan can reduce the number of roads in need of repair to just 10% — currently 18% need to be addressed.

angelique.rodrigues@sunmedia.ca