PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Berkshire County missed out on measurable snow from Tuesday's winter storm, so highway crews spent the day filling in potholes instead of plowing the roads.

Pittsfield highway superintendent Vinny Barbarotta called off the city’s snow emergency Tuesday morning and turned on a machine, known as a bagela, to start heating up some black top.

“We have an opportunity at five, six in morning we had no snow at the time, to jump into pothole mode," Barbarotta said. "Pothole mode consists off let’s get out of our big rigs get out of our snow fighters let's go to the bagela and hook everything, unhook sanders off the truck, get the hot boxes hooked up everything fired up and out. It takes about an hour of process to get us on the road.”

Barbarotta said the highway division receives hundreds of reports on potholes. On a day like Tuesday, they can repair about 100 of them on the city’s main roads. 

They prioritize areas with the most traffic and with the biggest holes. The division's brand new bagela works much faster and is bigger than the old one, which makes it easier to keep a crew out on the road all day.

“You should see a big improvement on these roads very soon again we are working on it as fast as we can,” Barbarotta said.

Barbarotta asks when drivers see their trucks with their lights on to be wary of the workers on the road and pass by when it's safe. Pittsfield residents can report a pothole using the pittSMART app found on the city's website.