FOI Request - Potholes Reported and Repaired

Request 101003353515 

1.  The number of potholes reported to the council in the fiscal years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23, with a breakdown by fiscal year.

2.  The number of potholes repaired by the council in the fiscal years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23, with a breakdown by fiscal year.

Response 28-07-2023

1. Please note this data includes all reported ‘carriageway defects logged’ but not all of these will be potholes and some of these enquiries may have been reporting more than one defect at a time.

     2020/21        568
     2021/22        671
     2022/23        688

2. Please note the closest data we have is the number of carriageway defects completed. Not all of these will be specifically potholes and some may have been reporting several carriageway defects in the vicinity.

     2020/21        5,137
     2021/22        5,904
     2022/23        4,405