Fed-up residents across South Cheshire have been signing up to a new Facebook group to highlight the growing danger of potholes on the borough’s roads.
In just a few days the new Facebook group – called Cheshire East Pot Hole Surveillance – had attracted more than 700 people
Cheshire East Council is “working hard to make roads safe”, claimed a council leader today.
It comes after many motorists flooded us with complaints about the crumbling state of our busy A roads, in particular the A530 Middlewich Road and A530 Whitchurch Road.
Dear Editor,
Workmen arrived at the affected section of A530 Middlewich Road yesterday (Monday) to fill in potholes.
However, upon driving past the same section today, it’s clear that the repairs were poorly executed.
The pothole-ridden A530 Whitchurch Road is to be closed for four days near Aston and Broomhall for repairs.
Cheshire East Council started works today (January 27) and a closure is in place between the junction of Slaughterhouse Lane to the junction of Shropshire Lane.
Long-suffering resident and motorists in Wrenbury are to FINALLY see pothole-ridden Station Road resurfaced next month.
The road has made a national headlines in recent months after we revealed how locals had put up amusing warning signs for drivers.
Cash-strapped Cheshire East Council spent almost £20,000 on lawyers in just two years fighting pothole compensation claims, new figures show today.
Freedom of Information data shows the council received 1,471 compensation claims for pothole damage to vehicles in 2021, 2022 and the first two months of 2023.
Dear Editor,
Will someone have to die before the potholes are repaired?
Police only detect 6% of crime….a record LOW. Less than 6% of potholes in Cheshire East are repaired.
Cheshire motorists have been involved in potentially lethal collisions while trying to avoid potholes, the county’s police boss said today.
Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer issued the warning as he encouraged more people to report potholes to their local authorities.
Cheshire East highways are to receive £110 million over next 10 years to repair the borough’s crumbling road network, the Government has announced.
The money comes from the £1.2 billion set aside for the North West region to resurface the road network, redirected from the now scrapped HS2 rail project.
Dear Editor,
We are in Cornwall at the moment returning home tomorrow, have yet to see a pothole, in fact we are having withdrawal symptoms due to not having too continually meander to miss holes in the road.
CEC please contact Cornwall Council for advice on road maintenance and management.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A £5.799m government grant for potholes is welcome but “will not even begin to scratch the surface” of the £180m backlog of repair work, Cheshire East’s deputy leader said.
Cllr Craig Browne said Government funding to Cheshire East for road repairs has remained largely static over the last decade.
New “quality assurance officers” are to be used by Cheshire East Council to inspect work carried out on the borough’s roads.
The authority said it aims to improve the quality of highways repairs after mounting criticism about the state of the area’s roads.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council needs to invest as much as it can now to improve its highways to avoid closing unsafe roads in the future, a councillor warned.
It comes as the authority has included £7 million in its capital programme in 2022/3 for highways.
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