In the wake of unseasonal rains early this week, Avenida Hidalgo, Chapala’s principal east-west thoroughfare, and the contiguous highway to Jocotepec, turned into a virtual obstacle course overnight, riddled from end to end with dozens of treacherous potholes.
The local government responded quickly to the roadway crisis, sending out work crews and loads of asphalt on Wednesday afternoon to patch up the perilous baches.