Potholes

Edinburgh City Council Transport Convener Stephen Jenkinson

Readers' Letters: Potholes prevalence is problem caused by council choices

Edinburgh's streets have become littered with potholes of various sizes in recent years (Picture: Jane Barlow)

How Edinburgh can get rid of its disgraceful, dangerous pothole menace Scotsman comment

More than £2m has been allocated to Hartlepool to address potholes.

The small council that spent £500,000 fixing potholes in a single year

Domino's launches pothole-proof delivery bike

Domino's unveil bike to keep pizzas safe from potholes

A section of Frederick Street, where the tarmac has been laid

'Appalling': Resident anger as tarmac laid over cobbled street

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

A sink hole, rather than a pothole, but it helps make a point about the need to keep roads and pavements in a good state of repair (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

Potholes are a serious road safety issue – and not just for motorists Scotsman comment

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Scotsman writer Steven Chisholm sits in the back of the Ford Ranger XL test car near a section of gravel track. Credit: Steven Chisholm

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Laura Laker on National Cycle Network route 7 near the Drumochter pass in the Highlands. (Photo by Laura Laker)

Scotland’s promised ‘active freeways’ cycle routes ‘on the back burner’

Deep potholes on the A8 Alexandra Parade in Glasgow in January. (Photo by John Devlin/The Scotsman)

Busiest Edinburgh and Glasgow roads show improvements for potholes

A pothole in London Road in Edinburgh in 2020. (Photo by Lisa Ferguson/The Scotsman)

Edinburgh roads 'shameful' admission should accelerate action – Alastair Dalton

Potholes, not air pollution, are the real problem with our roads Tom Wood

Loathed by motorists, Scotland seems to be the part of the UK most blighted by potholes.

Research finds two Scottish cities are the worst for potholes

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"

Some 1,000 riders will take part in the 100-mile Gran Fondo - "big race" - on roads through Perthshire as part of the UCI Cycling World Championships on August 4. Picture: UCI

We’ll only get pothole-free roads if we pay for them – Alastair Dalton

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

(Image: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

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

Fifty Pitches Road road in the Cardonald area of Glasgow. Picture: Potholes Make Glasgow

Why does Scotland have so many potholes and what is causing them?

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

JCB's PotholePro machine in action in Alness today. Picture: JCB

New JCB pothole-busting machine completes road repairs in Alness in minutes

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Potholes, and how to look at them - Alexander McCall Smith

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

The then infrastructure secretary Keith Brown promoting the A9 dualling scheme in 2014. Picture: Jane Barlow.

Potholes threaten to detract from A9 road safety improvements - Alastair Dalton

Olga Olesheva investigating potholes in Young Street in Peebles.

Potholes costing Borders council almost £150,000 a year in compensation claims, ...

Bins not being emptied are a frequent cause for complaint.

James Walker: Don’t suffer in silence – complain to the council

The pothole problem is letting down Edinburgh, says Malcolm Parkin.

Letter: Potholes make Edinburgh look like a neglected city in a developing natio...

The council has an Â£8.35m roads repairs underspend

Drivers dodge a pothole on Edinburgh streets every 14 metres

Potholes are a 'great leveller'. Picture: TSPL

Paris Gourtsoyannis: How potholes helped cause Brexit

One resident has complained about the state of the road.

Potholes turned into '˜speed bumps' by Midlothian Council repairs

Bogwood Road, Mayfield.

Potholes turned into '˜speed bumps' by Midlothian Council repairs

The YouGov survey also reveals that the countrys biggest loves are the breathtaking landscapes and unsurprisingly, the Scottish people.

Revealed: Survey uncovers what Scots hate most about Scotland

Dave Watson, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, UNISON Scotland

Dave Watson: Potholes are just the tip of the iceberg for cash-strapped councils
It's pothole season, when motorists complain about the deteriorating state of our roads, how it gets worse year on year and what do the council do?

Recycled plastic bottles and other waste could be used to fill potholes

Leader comment: Why filling potholes with plastic may not be good idea

Living the good life: Spending your retirement cash on a flashy car was one way to lose out, but there were many others. Picture: Contributed

Jeff Salway: Potholes on the road to pension freedom

French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Levy speaks to the UN General Assembly at a meeting about anti-Semitism. Picture: Getty

Leaders: Dark consequences | Potholes

The steps in Queen Street a man fell down due to broken lights. Picture: Jayne Wright

Potholes go months unfixed despite council claims

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Pothole payments leave £3.5m hole in Scots budgets

Scotland home to more potholes per mile of road than anywhere else in UK

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Hidden risk of potholes

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Leader: ‘The injuries are certainly horrific’

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Talk of the town: Pothole flowers on your root home?

Potholes appear on York Place route less than two weeks after traffic diversions

Potholes appear on York Place route less than two weeks after traffic diversions

Tourists blast city’s roads as worse than Third World

Tourists blast city’s roads as worse than Third World

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