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Potholes report them online to council

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  • lucylucky
    lucylucky Posts: 4,908 Forumite
    clever_username wrote: »
    Dunno. Cut out the middle man and complain straight to the highways department of the local council I reckon. :)

    That is what I do. Go to local council web page and always tick the box stating "response required"
  • clever_username
    clever_username Posts: 609 Forumite
    lucylucky wrote: »
    That is what I do. Go to local council web page and always tick the box stating "response required"
    I think that's the best way.
  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    My own local council have their own on-line map to report potholes.

    It appears to work - ie gets them fixed.
  • esmerobbo
    esmerobbo Posts: 4,979 Forumite
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    I wonder if the second/third/fourth reporter of the same pothole, gets an email, have you received an injury/damage to your vehicle through hitting a pothole?
  • Quinny_2
    Quinny_2 Posts: 1,351 Forumite
    I have used the website, and then received a reply from the council asking for more details.

    This is all within the last 3 weeks, but the repairs haven't been done yet.
    That's my mutt in the picture above.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    I email the council directly and the holes get re done but some of the ones i reported last year due to the snow have started to re appear so they need re reporting again, some of the holes have been repaired within a few days
  • tgon
    tgon Posts: 710 Forumite
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    I notified my council of some potholes on the A1079 in some roadworks a few days ago and they were repaired yesterday! Good job.
  • Wig
    Wig Posts: 14,139 Forumite
    clever_username wrote: »
    Dunno. Cut out the middle man and complain straight to the highways department of the local council I reckon. :)

    The problem with cutting out the middleman and vice versa the potential advantage of using such a site as mentioned is that for someone who gets damage to their vehicle getting information from the council on previous reports may not be easy. Using the website there should be a record on the website that

    xxx pothole was xx cm deep xx cm wide and length etc when it was reported to the council on XX/xx/xxxx

    So it should make claiming damages easier.
  • Wig
    Wig Posts: 14,139 Forumite
    edited 15 January 2011 at 6:59PM
    clever_username wrote: »
    I think that's the best way.

    Not really, not if you want to claim damages and help others to claim damages.

    Probably best to do both.
  • Ian_W
    Ian_W Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    How about ... a pitfall of potholes?
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