Blackburn with Darwen Council says potholes are the most complained about things in the borough.
Council bosses said they only receive enough funding to resurface the equivalent of just 1.2% or just 6km of roads each year.
This means that it would take at least 85 years to resurface all roads, when the average road only lasts around 20 years.
Last year, council highway inspectors were called out to inspect almost 500 ‘potholes’ that didn’t meet the minimum criteria, meaning they couldn’t be repaired.
This new campaign hopes to educate residents on what constitutes a pothole and explain more about the lack of funding available.
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Council bosses said they only receive enough funding to resurface the equivalent of just 1.2% or just 6km of roads each year.
This means that it would take at least 85 years to resurface all roads, when the average road only lasts around 20 years.
Last year, council highway inspectors were called out to inspect almost 500 ‘potholes’ that didn’t meet the minimum criteria, meaning they couldn’t be repaired.
This new campaign hopes to educate residents on what constitutes a pothole and explain more about the lack of funding available.
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00:00The Lancashire Council has launched a new campaign to educate residents on what constitutes a pothole
00:05and explain more about the lack of funding available.
00:08Blackburn with Darwin Council says potholes are the most complained about things in the borough.
00:13Council bosses said they only receive enough funding to resurface the equivalent of just 1.2%
00:19of just six kilometres of roads each year. This means that it would take at least 85
00:25years to resurface all roads when the average road only lasts around 20 years.
00:30Last year council highway inspectors were called out to inspect almost 500 potholes
00:35that didn't meet the minimum criteria, meaning they couldn't be repaired.
00:40This new campaign hopes to educate residents on what constitutes a pothole
00:44and explain more about the lack of funding available.
00:48If the pothole is over 150 millimetres deep it will be classed as an emergency and made
00:53safe by the next working day. Often it will be repaired within two hours of the inspection.
00:58Last year more than 6,500 potholes were repaired in Blackburn with Darwin.