Four Hundred Potholes Filled in Last Week by Conservative Controlled Council

Highways crews tackled around 400 potholes in just one week, as part of Conservative controlled Staffordshire County Council’s blitz to tackle winter road damage.

Twenty teams have been working across the county to fix the worst potholes on Staffordshire’s roads.

Ian Turner, Staffordshire County Council’s Head of Highways Operations, said, “Our highways crews are really pulling out all the stops to tackle the worst potholes caused during the winter.

“The heavy rain, ice and snow really has taken its toll on our roads, but we are doing our very best to fix as many potholes as we can, as quickly as we can.  Although more potholes have been identified, we are also repairing many more than we did last year, but it is an on-going challenge and I would ask people to bear with us as we carry out these repairs.”

The county council is investing a further £500,000 to tackle pothole repairs following the winter damage.

Residents can follow where crews have been by checking out the daily location updates at www.staffordshire.gov.uk/potholes

Potholes are caused when the repeated freeze-thaw process causes road surfaces to weaken.  The stress of traffic then leads to the surface rupturing and potholes forming in the road.

Extra crews will now be working on repairing the worst potholes over the coming weeks.  Drivers can also help by taking extra care and passing potholes slowly until repairs can be carried out.