Councils may lose funding if they fail to meet pothole repair targets. We ask locals whether they think this will lead to better roads, and what their experience with potholes has been like in their area.
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00:00Potholes are horrendous.
00:02The government shouldn't be holding local government responsible.
00:05It's the government's responsibility.
00:07I know my mother personally, on her way to work,
00:10says those potholes are terrible and have never been touched for years.
00:14They're so obvious, they can cause a lot of problems,
00:17and apparently have, and yet they still haven't had anything done about them.
00:21It's not something I expect to happen any time soon,
00:24when it comes to potholes.
00:26They'll redo roads that are perfectly fine
00:29and leave the ones with potholes, and I don't get that.
00:32They're terrible.
00:34Country lanes, at the moment, just need redoing.
00:37And, yeah, the council do need to be held responsible for it.
00:41A lot of twisted ankles, is my experience.
00:45Hopefully it leads to better roads.
00:50Well, I'm doing driving lessons, so I've noticed how bad the roads are.
00:54But, yeah, I do think councils need to do more for the roads and stuff,
00:58especially, yeah, definitely.