Mayor Brandon Scott used his State of the City address Tuesday to roll out Repave Baltimore, a short-term street overhaul that City Hall is treating like a sprint instead of a marathon. The plan calls for a 90-day push starting in mid-April, with a concrete goal on the scoreboard: roughly 25 miles of streets resurfaced and about 25,000 potholes patched.
As reported by CBS Baltimore, Scott pitched Repave Baltimore as a "complete reimagining" of how the city handles resurfacing. The station notes that during the three-month campaign, the Department of Transportation plans to pave 25 lane miles and fill 25,000 potholes.
What the 90-day push will do
The sprint is designed as an all-hands-on-deck operation that pulls in multiple city departments, not just transportation crews. Recreation and Parks is expected to clean, weed, and mulch 500 tree pits, while the Department of Public Works is slated to sweep 25,000 miles of road and take on thousands of bulk-waste pickups and graffiti removals, according to WMAR-2 News. City officials say they want to pair quick pothole fixes with data-driven resurfacing so crews focus on stretches of pavement where new asphalt will last the longest.
Past sprints and capacity
Scott has branded the effort as Repave Baltimore and promised to bring on more contractors, sharpen the city’s analysis of street conditions, and keep a closer track of what gets done, The Baltimore Banner reported. The new push follows earlier resurfacing blitzes that delivered mixed outcomes. In 2023, crews filled nearly 19,831 potholes and repaved about 10.1 lane miles in under two months, while a Banner review found the city repaved roughly 34 miles in 2025, which worked out to about 31% of a more than 100-mile target.
Track the work and report problems
The Department of Transportation maintains an interactive resurfacing dashboard along with an "Orange Cone" project list so residents can check where work is planned and what has already been completed, according to the Baltimore City Department of Transportation. Officials say residents should keep using 311 to report potholes so crews can zero in on the worst pavement and the biggest safety concerns.
Why this matters
Rough pavement is not just an annoyance; it is expensive. A TRIP analysis, cited by The Baltimore Sun, found that drivers in the region absorb about $3,000 a year in extra vehicle and congestion costs tied to poor road conditions and traffic delays. Transportation experts note that filling potholes is far cheaper than full resurfacing, and that real long-term progress will depend on steady funding and enough contractor capacity to keep up.
Scott’s benchmarks give residents a clear set of numbers to watch over the next three months, and the city’s public dashboard will be the place to see how close crews get. Whether Repave Baltimore leads to longer-lasting improvements, and not just quick cosmetic fixes, will hinge on everything from weather and contractor schedules to whether the administration can turn this sprint into a sustainable repaving rhythm.
