Mansfield and Asfhield motorists want more to be done to tackle district's pot-hole woes
Fed-up motorists say more must be done to reduce pot-hole problems on the district’s roads.
In Mansfield, Quaker Way, Sheepbridge Lane, the A60 Nottingham Road and New Mill Lane in Mansfield Woodhouse will each get £50,000 for repair work.
In Ashfield, Church Hill in Sutton and Fulwood Road North in Huthwaite will each get £50,000, while Mansfield Road in Sutton will see £75,000 spent on repairs.
But motorists fear the planned work will just scratch the surface and fail to resolve their pot-hole woes.
“They are starting to repair them, but I don’t see it as a permanent fix,” one Mansfield motorist told Chad.
“It is just filling in tarmac and slapping it down, when you need to cut it out and do it probably.
“Heading out of Mansfield Woodhouse to the motorway, Chesterfield Road and Debdale Lane area, has been pretty bad for a while.
“But, I think with the bad weather, once it rains you can't see them. I’ve never known it this bad, it seems constant at the moment.”
Another motorist also felt a better solution was needed, adding: “They need to be repaired properly because sometimes they just stick the tar in and leave it and that is no good to anyone.”
The new urgent scheme comes before a three-year programme that will start in 2026-27 to patch, resurface or surface dress 4.5m square metres of road – 16 per cent of the total road network.
The urgent repairs will be funded by underspends and savings from within the Reform-led council’s current highway budgets.
Recent highway network surveys show that 15.9 per cent of Nottinghamshire’s roads are in a poor condition and require urgent maintenance, while 21.7 per cent are likely to need repairs “soon”.
One Mansfield taxi driver felt pot-holes were a big problem, adding: “I have had many bad experiences in my work. I hit them every day and it is a big issue. They need to fix them properly.”
Another Kirkby driver believes the state of the district’s roads could lead to an accident unless action is taken.
“The main street in Kirkby is horrendous, as is High Pavement in Sutton,” he said.
“It's a matter of when you are driving it is dangerous because you are swerving to miss them and could hit another car. It is dreadful.”
But Coun Bert Bingham, from Reform, promised the council would be looking at the quality of work carried out to make repairs longer-lasting.
“We will be reviewing the types of materials we use, we’ll be using thicker layers of asphalt and stronger materials, hot rolled asphalt instead of stone asphalt,” he said.
“This will ensure new road surfaces last for a longer time – or a long time.
"That will automatically reduce the amount of temporary versions of pothole repairs.”
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