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LOREN BENOIT/Press A vehicle drives over an uneven manhole on Fourth Street in downtown Coeur d'Alene on Monday. Square-cut manhole cover repairs — called diamond cuts — have a tendency to sink or expand, causing bumps in city streets. The city plans a pilot project this summer to use round cuts, which will be level with the street and should eliminate the bumps of driving over sewer manholes.

LOREN BENOIT/Press A vehicle drives over an uneven manhole on Fourth Street in downtown Coeur d'Alene on Monday. Square-cut manhole cover repairs — called diamond cuts — have a tendency to sink or expand, causing bumps in city streets. The city plans a pilot project this summer to use round cuts, which will be level with the street and should eliminate the bumps of driving over sewer manholes.

July 25, 2017

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Hundreds of failing manhole covers vex Cd'A drivers, challenge city's streets department
July 25, 2017 1 a.m.

Hundreds of failing manhole covers vex Cd'A drivers, challenge city's streets department

COEUR d'ALENE — When he drives to work on his usual route, Jim Hammond swerves in the usual places.