Pothole news
Potholes and poorly maintained roads are always making headlines, which just goes to prove what a major source of heartache they are for the nation's motorists. Below you'll find links to just some of the many news stories on the topic of potholes that appear every week.
Road repair programme has 'gone to pot'
GLASGOW City Council has been accused of breaking promises to repair roads riddled with potholes. Read this News (opens in new window)
Date: 20/04/2013, Source: Sussex ExpressAllocation of funds on pothole repair
Mr C J Kent asked if I have noticed that the Department for Transport, where I am a minister, allocates funding for roads and road maintenance to local councils. Read this News (opens in new window)
Date: 20/04/2013, Source: The TimesRoads full of potholes? It’s not our fault ... blame the Romans
What have the Romans ever done for us? Forget irrigation, sanitation, medicine, education and, in particular, forget the roads. Because the Roman Empire is apparently to blame for Britain’s potholes. Read this News (opens in new window)
Date: 20/04/2013, Source: This is GloucestershireThe Burgage named as one of the worst in Gloucestershire for potholes
ONE road in Cheltenham is said to be among the worst in the town for potholes.
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Residents are calling for urgent action to repair Bodiam Avenue
POTHOLES have become so bad in a Tuffley street that residents can see right through the road.
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£3.55m grant can help fill in potholes
A £3.55m Government handout will be used to plug some of the county’s pothole-damaged roads. Read this News (opens in new window)
Date: 18/04/2013, Source: Crawley ObserverPothole problem becoming ‘too big to handle’
The problem of potholes eating into the area’s roads is in danger of becoming too big to handle, according to one county councillor. Read this News (opens in new window)
Date: 17/04/2013, Source: This is LincolnshireOwnership dispute over potholed road at Cherry Willingham shopping centre
A tiny stretch of road near a shoppers car park has effectively become a “no man’s land” because it is covered with potholes no one is willing to fill.
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Calls for action on "dangerous" A40 potholes near Cheltenham roundabout
CALLS have been made for urgent pothole repairs on one of the main roads into Cheltenham.
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Torbay Council announces potholes project
Another package of resurfacing work aimed at reducing the risk of potholes is to be carried out in Torbay from Saturday onwards.
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