Dear Editor
As a local resident, I know potholes are a widespread problem, but the situation on Wistaston Green Road in Wistaston has reached a truly alarming state and can no longer be brushed aside as “just one of those things”.
From Middlewich Road right through to Valley Road, the surface of Wistaston Green Road is riddled with potholes.
Cheshire East Council is set to receive a record funding boost of £77.4 million for fixing roads and potholes.
And there is another £29 million available if the authority publishes “clear pothole and maintenance data”.
Cheshire East Council has launched a new online tool which it claims will make reporting potholes and other local issues easier.
traCE, officially launched yesterday (July 23), will replace the council’s current third-party solution “Fix My Street”.
Dear Editor,
The last few weeks has seen many media posts re what CEC is doing to improve our roads, and also why they do most repairs in the summer etc.
This small close of 16 properties has just been visited by CEC’s white spray team to identify pot hole repairs.
Cheshire East Council has refuted claims it has the most potholes waiting to be repaired than any other borough in England.
National newspapers carried reports this week that the authority had 17,197 potholes to repair, based on a study of reports on Fix My Street website.
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.
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