Abstract: A method of installing a patch in a pothole in a paved road including the steps of (1) undercutting the edges of the pavement defining the pothole to a uniform angle from the vertical; (2) excavating a portion of substratum beneath the pavement to undercut the pavement around the pothole, both undercuttings to increase the size of the patch's footing; (3) lining the undercut with a layer of filler material and tamping; (4) inserting an underlining wire mesh fitted to reach into the undercut beneath the pavement; (5) inserting and tamping additional filler material to an intermediate level of the pothole; (6) inserting a second wire mesh preferably fitted to the periphery of the pothole at the intermediate level; (7) around the periphery of the pothole spacing and anchoring a plurality support dowels into the undercut pavement edges at about the intermediate level; and (8) filling and tamping the pothole level with existing pavement surface.