Tim Leahy, the village’s superintendent of highways, said that the rapidly changing weather has created a lot of potholes. “The freeze and thaw, the freeze and thaw, it really damages the roads,” he said.

When water gets into a crack in a road, it freezes and then expands, which creates potholes. Leahy said that his workers have been staying on top of the problem. Last Friday, with the sun out and the snow cleared from the most recent storm, he sent one pothole crew to the north side of town and another to the south side. They filled any holes they found, and were also directed to any that were phoned in by residents.

In April and May, Leahy said, his crews will do more permanent repairs on the roads with hot asphalt patches. While some road repairs are required every spring, this year, he said, there will be plenty of work to do. “This is a particularly nasty winter,” Leahy said.

He noted that over the past decade, the village has repaved several miles of roads, which has cut down on the amount of problem areas. The majority of potholes have developed either on older roads or in areas that have been patched up following utility work.

Marc Tenzer, president of the Mill Brook Civic Association, said the winter has taken a toll on the streets in that neighborhood, which are maintained by the Town of Hempstead. “There’s a lot of potholes to be fixed,” he said.