Gorbals Street and Ballater street, Gorbals, Glasgow

by rickyf

01 Nov 2010

This pothole has been at this location for a number of months, in fact the council did make farly substantial repairs on this road a little further back during the summer and these holes have been getting steadily bigger since then.

I remembered at the last minute that the hole was there, due to the amount of rain we had the hole was partially filled with rian water. I tried to swerve to avoid the hole but unfortunately i was too late to miss the hole.

My tyre was ruined, it had only been changed in July and had many miles of tread on it. the types are low profile and didn't take to kindly to the thump it took when hitting the hole!
I had to change the tyre and take the damaged one to have it inspeced and repaired or replaced, unfortunately it was the latter.

I find it difficult to believe that this hole was not reported and that the council did not know about it, given the proximity the the large repairs they made on this road previously.

Where the hole is positioned it causes drivers to swerve and i am surprised that there has not been an accident at this point.

The hole is large and, if not repaired, will continue to cause damage to vehicles.