Arnold Schwarzenegger and LA Officials Go to War Over Pothole Filled in By Actor

It seems the 'Terminator' actor will not apologize for taking action.

Arnold Schwarzenegger may have dug himself into a bit of a hole with the city of Los Angeles.

On April 12, the former Governor of California seemed like the people's hero after he shared footage of himself filling in a troublesome pothole in his town. However, officials aren't pleased with the headline-making action.

As it turns out, the pothole that had been irritating cyclists and drivers alike for the last few weeks was actually a service trench, or an access point for permitted work.

"This location is not a pothole," a spokesperson for the City of Los Angeles told NBC Los Angeles. "It’s a service trench that relates to active, permitted work being performed at the location by SoCal Gas, who expects the work to be completed by the end of May."

They continued, "As is the case with similar projects impacting City streets, SoCal Gas will be required to repair the area once their work is completed."

SoCal Gas did not respond to the publication's request for comment about their timeline, but, according to the Los Angeles Times, "SoCalGas crews completed an upgrade on a pipeline at the end of January and 'applied temporary paving over the excavation,'" according to a statement from the utility company.

Under normal circumstances, permanent paving is applied within a month of the end of a project, but they say that Los Angeles' record rainfall has caused delays.

Daniel Ketchell, the actor's Chief of Staff, addressed the claims on Twitter earlier on April 13, writing, "It’s always important to take bureaucratic damage control with a grain of salt. First, they implied @schwarzenegger paved over active gas work that would finish at the end of May. Then, the truth came out: the gas work was done in January (and the timeline for paving sped up)."

He followed up to assure readers that it "wasn’t a political thing," and that Schwarzenegger "just wanted to show it’s possible to get things done quickly."

The father of five also commented, confirming that he knew the work had been completed months ago and calling out the lack of mention for the second pothole he also filled.

So far, the city does not seem to have addressed the follow-up.