Potholes

Some of Lancashire's top politicians were probed over the county's potholes

'Potholes are voters' priority', say councillors - so what will they do about th...

Pothole.

Closer look at UK’s pothole crisis as councils told to prove progress

Domino's launches pothole-proof delivery bike

Domino's unveil bike to keep pizzas safe from potholes

Tens of millions more in funding is being poured into Lancashire's potholes this year

Potholes: here are all the roads in Lancashire to be resurfaced this year

Lancashire County Council says it will invest £45m more over the next three years to reduce the number of roads that look like this

'Potholes are the people's priority': £45m windfall for Lancashire's roads

Shocking UK Sinkholes and Landslips Caught on Camera

Land Rover driver rams workman after ignoring road closure

Land Rover driver rams workman and sends him 'flying into a bush'

The top 35 worst roads in Lancashire for potholes according to you

Serife Mehmet, 30, said she has often wished to move away from the area due to the extent of the rubbish

Revolting rubbish and nightmare potholes are making my car filthy

Furious resident Douglas Debnam on Whitebarns Lane in the village of Furneaux Phelham in Hertfordshire, is embroiled in Britain's longest running pothole row.

Our council want £100k to fix road with 32 potholes...we're furious!

A Lancashire-based company has received two national awards due to their innovations in pothole repairs.

Lancashire firm scoops national awards for pothole repair innovations

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh in Blackpool

Transport Secretary praises council's record on fixing potholes

A new campaign from Blackburn with Darwen Council hopes to educate residents on what constitutes a pothole and explain more about the lack of funding available.

We’re as frustrated as our residents with the state of our roads

West Sussex landscaper Harry Smith-Haggett, 22, has been filling in Horsham's potholes with flowers dubbed 'pretty potholes'.

'I made my roads pretty!' Pothole flowerbed service goes viral

A manhole cover on Cowling Brow has been temporarily covered with tar, for safety reasons, following a fatal crash last month

Details emerge of 'hole in the road' hit by cyclist who died in crash

31 of the worst roads for potholes in Lancashire

31 of the worst roads for potholes in Lancashire - as voted by you
The amount of potholes on the roads is a growing problem and Lancashire is no stranger to these obstacles.
Sean Gleaves

Lancashire's potholes are being fixed within a reasonable timeframe, the county council has said

Lancashire 'back up to speed' with pothole repairs, council claims

Residents have blasted developers after paying £550,000 to live on 'desolate' newbuild estate which remains unfinished - FIVE years after people moved in. Pictured: Lin Glover

Our dream home is an unfinished building site...after 5 years

The subject of potholes almost inevitably cropped during the Preston election debate

'Preston's potholes - seriously, what are you going to do about them?'

An example of the 'blobbing' technique of pothole-filling in Preston - but will repairs like this last?

Anger at claim Lancs has returned to 'disastrous' way of filling potholes

Pavements were torn up and parts of the road surface was washed away after over 40mm of rain fell in just an hour, in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

Flash flooding causes severe road damage as storms continue

Tim Webb, 66, is trying to highlight the pothole issue - by photographing toys at some of the 'greatest' pothole sites in his local area.

Pothole tourist turns road defects into mini works of art

Potholes

Racing car boss claims council "must be on drugs" over pothole plan

25 of the worst roads for potholes in Lancashire

A previous round of resurfacing work in Chorley, carried out by Lancashire County Council - but could the district's own local council do better?

'We'd do a better job': Chorley Council's bid for pothole powers

Rebecca Salisbury was taken to hospital with a dislocated her ankle after tripping on a pothole in Seed Street, Preston on January 25

I broke my ankle on a pothole and the Council told me 'that's life'

Technology aimed at keeping drivers safe on smart motorways frequently stops working, an investigation has found

'I worry about breaking down as smart motorways are death traps'
Rishi Sunak cancelled all future planned smart motorway projects in April last year.
Sean Gleaves

County Cllr Scott Cunliffe says the people's priority is obvious - potholes

I'm a Lancs councillor and all people say is 'fill in the potholes'

I could fill up my car for £10! What readers miss most from the 1990s

What's your experience of Lancashire's roads recently?

Preston and Chorley miss out on extra pothole cash from HS2 fund

Dodging potholes is like a game of Mario Kart. Photo: Adobe

Who's The Daddy: Dodging potholes is like a game on Mario Kart

Protest sign at a roundabout on Eastern Way in Daventry - A series of protest signs highlighting the Daventry pothole problem by the mystery campaigner.

Mystery pothole artist mocks council with funny road signs

The huge pothole on Trinity Close in Stratford-upon-Avon, in front of the Holy Trinity Parish Centre and opposite to the Holy Trinity Church entrance. Local resident Matt Beacham, 57, with his sausage dog Richmond (inset).

Video shows dog going for swim in UK's oldest pothole measuring 9ft

The Capitol Centre, Walton-le-Dale

Capitol Centre car park will be temporarily closed - here's why

The pre-planned maintenance for Lancashire's roads is intended to stop them ending up like this

These roads in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble will be resurfaced this year

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This is what readers have to say about the state of Lancashire's roads

A pothole in Green Lane, Whitestake

This is how bad the potholes are on my daily commute in Lancashire

Rishi Sunak is expected to reveal how more than £2bn of reallocated HS2 funding will go to local authorities in the North

Lancashire set to get share of more than £2bn of reallocated HS2 money

Residents of Bel-Air chalet estates on Seawick road in St Osyth, Essex say they are suffering from "the worst road in Britain" Picture: James Linsell-Clark/ SWNS

"We live on the most potholed road in Britain"

Locals appear to have lost patience waiting for the holey highway in East Sussex to be repaired - and the resulting crude phallus drawings have attracted interest online.

Fed-up road users expose town’s potholes by painting rude shapes

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Pothole damage related breakdowns jump by 40% in a year, RAC reveals

Ben Thornbury demonstrating 'crazy pothole golf' in Malmesbury

Man sets up pothole crazy golf course to ‘make a point’ to council

Here’s how you can claim compensation from your local council if your car has been damaged by a pothole

How to claim pothole damages from your local council

Damage ranges from burst tyres to shattered suspension (NationalWorld/Abode Stock)

2.7 million cars forced off the road by pothole damage

The cost of road repairs is outstripping councils’ maintenance budgets (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Roads resurfaced ‘once in 116 years’ as pothole funding gap hits £14bn

A look at the UK’s most neglected street compared to The Last Of Us

Utility firms face fines for ‘plague of potholes’

Authorities hit with £13m pothole compensation bill in last four years

UK’s roads ‘on the edge’ as bill for pothole repair backlog tops £12bn

UK’s pothole plague drives up breakdowns by a fifth

(Composite: Kim Mogg/JPI Media)

UK’s most pothole-plagued councils revealed

Lancashire County Council paid out more than £350,000 in compensation last year

Council paid out more than £350k in compensation to road users in Lancashire las...

English councils spent more than 8m on pothole compensation claims in 2019-20

Councils fork out £8m a year in pothole compensation

UK's pothole hotspots - is your region among the country's worst?

How to claim for pothole damage: who is responsible and how to get compensation