Greater Sudbury staff have started putting a newly acquired Python 5000 pothole-filling machine to work. In a video posted to YouTube, the city demonstrates how the machine works. A lone staff member ...

Despite receiving the fanfare of a minor celebrity when it was first introduced, it appears the overall performance of the Python 5000 all-in-one pothole-patcher has been a bit underwhelming. In a ...

The Python 5000, already in use Thunder Bay, is a one-person device that the manufacturer says can repair three times as many potholes as three-person crews do the traditional way. (Supplied) As ...

THUNDER BAY – The Python 5000 has hit the road to start filling in the potholes left after the difficult winter season. "The Python's out right now focusing on arterial and collector road ways during ...

Drivers will be happy to learn the finance committee has unanimously approved the purchase of a Python 5000 (or equivalent) pothole-patching machine as part of its 2021 budget. We apologize, but this ...

The Python 5000 is a Canadian-made and self-propelled pothole patching machine. It’s not cheap, US$500,000, but it can completely repair a pothole in under two minutes, start to finish. And it only ...

Though it has come up in conversation frequently in recent years, there’s still no word on whether the city’s gamble in purchasing a Python 5000 pothole filling machine will pay off. So far so bad, ...

The Sudbury snake has hit the streets. Now, drivers in the Nickel City will notice a new, oddly-shaped addition to the roadscape. “We are happy to say that on Nov. 21, the Python was delivered to the ...

Cassandra Kerwin [email protected] Like clockwork every spring, city crews find and repair potholes. This year, the Ville de Québec has the help of three Python 5000 machines, each capable of… ...

Nobody likes potholes, but it often seems that they’re one of those hardships we just have to put up with until they get almost impassable ... after all, it’s a big deal to send out a road crew who ...

Ward 11 Coun. Bill Leduc introduced a motion during Thursday’s meeting of the finance committee aimed at procuring a Python 5000 machine. The first year will cost the city about $601,000. The machine ...