Massive Hertfordshire pothole repair effort (From St Albans & Harpenden Review)
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Massive Hertfordshire pothole repair effort
2:38pm Monday 8th March 2010 in Columnists
ROADS engineers are working round the clock to repair the thousands of potholes which have ravaged Hertfordshire in freezing weather since Christmas.
The county council has more than 50 teams filling or patching holes, and a further three using Jetpatch machines on the worst roads.
Councillor Stuart Pile, cabinet member for roads, said: "With temperatures still regularly dipping below freezing overnight, roads across the county continue to be damaged by the protracted winter weather.
"Our crews are working hard to make repairs, but until there's a significant improvement in the weather we're going to keep seeing potholes and cracks appearing on our roads at a rapid rate.
"In one week alone we received 2,000 reports of potholes.
"It's no exaggeration to say that Hertfordshire Highways is working around the clock."
After a reader told the Review that potholes are being repaired today in Bowers Way, Harpenden, where complete resurfacing is scheduled over the next two weeks, council spokesman John Camp said: "We were aware of some quite deep potholes that needed to be made safe pending the full repair, in case it had to be delayed for any reason."
