Number of potholes reported, repairs and expenditure in the last 3 years
Case reference FOI2025/00155
Received 23 January 2025
Published 19 February 2025
Request
I am submitting a freedom of information request about potholes in your authority area, specifically:
1) The number of potholes reported in the last 3 years. Please provide the figure for each year (2022, 2023, 2024).
2) The combined width of the potholes in meters for each year (again 2022, 2023, 2024).
3) The average time in calendar days it takes to repair the potholes for each year (2022, 2023, 2024).
4) How much is spent on repairing potholes each year? (Again, 2022, 2023, 2024.)
5) Total number of potholes reported to your authority, since you began recording this data.
6) How much money has been given to drivers as compensation due to poor road conditions in the past (2022, 2023, 2024).
Response
I am submitting a freedom of information request about potholes in your authority area, specifically:
1) The number of potholes reported in the last 3 years. Please provide the figure for each year (2022, 2023, 2024).
Answer: Please see the table below:
|
Year |
Number of Potholes |
|
2022 |
26,162 |
|
2023 |
32,654 |
|
2024 |
27,855 |
2) The combined width of the potholes in meters for each year (again 2022, 2023, 2024).
Answer: This information is not held.
3) The average time in calendar days it takes to repair the potholes for each year (2022, 2023, 2024).
Answer: Please see the table below:
|
Year |
Average Number of Days Taken |
|
2022 |
20.60804275 |
|
2023 |
21.01688132 |
|
2024 |
23.01372113 |
4) How much is spent on repairing potholes each year? (Again, 2022, 2023, 2024.)
Answer: This information is recorded by financial year. Please see the table below for the last 3 financial years:
|
Financial Year |
Amount Spent Repairing Potholes |
|
2021/22 |
£1,757,321.16 |
|
2022/23 |
£1,789,199.77 |
|
2023/24 |
£1,598,615.97 |
5) Total number of potholes reported to your authority, since you began recording this data.
Answer: The Service Area have advised 281,882 pothole jobs have been raised since 2013. This number includes all potholes reported either by the public via an enquiry or reported by BBLP operatives out on the network.
6) How much money has been given to drivers as compensation due to poor road conditions in the past (2022, 2023, 2024).
Answer: Please see the table below:
|
Year |
Compensation Amount |
|
2022 |
£4,589.73 |
|
2023 |
£9,177.40 |
|
2024 |
£18,181.99 |
Documents
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