The FINANCIAL — Roads in many parts of the UK are already plagued with potholes before any winter freeze gets to work on them, the AA’s army of Streetwatchers has revealed.
For councils trying to get on top of the plague, only the South West has on average more repaired potholes than new ones.
The survey, at the end of October, involved around 1,000 AA Streetwatchers walking around their UK neighbourhoods for an hour noting nine road and path-related issues. Overall, they found that the average pothole count per AA Streetwatcher was 14.9 potholes compared to 12.5 a year ago. The survey defined a pothole as being at least six inches in diameter and at least two inches deep.
The survey results leave a strong sense of councils struggling courageously to tackle the pothole problem. However, they seem to have been overwhelmed trying to patch up roads that are crumbling through years of inadequate funding of structural repairs.
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