From a snowy winter, a fresh crop of potholes are popping up all over N.J. roads Updated Mar 03, 2021; Posted Mar 03, 2021 A pothole on Morris Pesin Dr. in Jersey City Wednesday morning. State and local road crews said they've been filling them almost as soon as they stopped plowing snow. (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media) Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media Facebook Share Public works crews, who’ve been slammed with plowing snow for the past two months, now have the other byproduct of New Jersey’s wintery weather to contend with – potholes. The holes that inspire colorful language behind the wheel from Jersey drivers who encounter them, have arrived, and so has the state Department of Transportation’s and towns’ battle to fill them.