Residents across the North East can plot potholes that are affecting them with our new interactive map.
You can respond to the question attached to this article and share the location of a road’s potholes giving you the most grief and we'll add it to our interactive map.
Readers can also attach pictures of the pothole if they have them which we can then include in future articles.
It comes as this year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey shows worsening carriageway conditions and mounting costs across the North East.
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The ALARM survey, published today (March 21, 2023) by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), reports that local authority highway teams in the North East only received just over half (55 per cent) of what they needed to stop local roads from further deterioration and approaching £700million is needed to fix the backlog of carriageway repairs in the region.
The data shows that in the last year, the gap between what local authorities in the North East received and what they said they would have needed to keep roads to their own target conditions and prevent further decline is now £102.0million, an average of £8.5million per authority.
Rick Green, AIA Chair, said: “Highway engineers can only do so much with the resources they are given and should be applauded for the steps they take to keep roads safe.
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“Potholes and the condition of our local roads remain key issues for the public and the Chancellor went someway to recognising this in his Spring Budget. But a share of the additional £200m one-off payment for local roads in England, while welcome, is just not enough.
“It represents around 20 per cent of the average shortfall in local authorities’ annual budgets in the North East and will do little to improve overall structural conditions and stem further decline.”
See our map of the current active potholes in County Durham - respond to our question and let us know about potholes affecting you:
Give us the location of a pothole/road that is bothering you the most
Share the location of a pothole or road notorious for potholes that are bothering you and we'll add it to our interactive map. You are welcome to share pictures of the location as well.
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