Mayor Craig Ford said Gadsden's paving crews have halted asphalt paving for the winter because temperatures are too low, and crews are instead preparing roads and repairing potholes.

"You can only pave above a certain temperature until the spring comes back," Ford said, explaining the seasonal pause. He said the city is using the downtime to tear up streets and prepare them for faster paving once temperatures rise.

Ford described the Hey Gadsden app as the primary way residents should report potholes: take a picture, submit it and the report is geofenced so crews can find the location. He said crews are responding to reports and that Kyle Avenue in North Gadsden will be among the first streets repaved when weather allows.

Ford framed the work as planned and part of a logistics approach informed by his National Guard background, and asked residents to report issues through the app so the city can prioritize repairs.

He closed with a reminder that larger paving projects will resume in spring.