FOI Request - Number of Potholes

Request 101003161211 

1. How many potholes are there in this council area?
2. Has the council made any assessment of how much it would cost to fix all the potholes in this area?
3. How much does this council spend on road maintenance? Please provide this figure for each year since 2017-18, including the current financial year.

Response 28-10-2022

1. This information as requested is not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held. However, we have data on the number of works instructions which are categorised as ‘carriageway defects’. Please note not all of these instructions will be regarding potholes, and also some instructions may have been reporting several carriageway defects in the vicinity. The number of outstanding carriageway defects currently recorded on our system is 657.

2. This information as requested is not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held. However, we have data on the number of works instructions which are categorised as ‘carriageway defects’. Please note not all of these instructions will be regarding potholes, and also some instructions may have been reporting several carriageway defects in the vicinity. The value of outstanding carriageway defects currently recorded on our system is £182,478.55.

3. Please note the closest data we have is our budget for patching. The Council’s patching budget in the years requested is as follows:

2017-18              £697,500
2018-19              £442,000
2017-18              £697,500
2018-19              £442,000
2019-20              £550,000
2020-21              £550,000
2021-22              £619,000
2022-23              £708,500