Potholes

We inspect and carry out suitable repairs of reported potholes within 28 working days and wherever possible, we try and repair them permanently first time. In addition, we have a comprehensive regime of safety inspections and proactively inspect all roads and footways in the County.

Other defects

As well as potholes, a road may have additional defects such as cracking, rutting, edge deterioration and low skid resistance. For this reason, we maintain our roads by fixing defects and carrying out preventative treatments each year such as patching, resurfacing and surface dressing programmes. 

This also reflects the trend that figures will increase when we have experienced adverse weather which impacts our highways.