Leeds City Council urged to fix more potholes

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Leeds City Council is being urged to do more to patch up the city’s roads after figures showed a rise in accidents and compensation payouts linked to potholes.

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00:00 Leeds City Council will be urged to do more to patch up the city's roads after figures

00:06 showed a rise in accidents and compensation payouts linked to potholes.

00:11 A white paper motion is set to be discussed on the 20th of March and it states that the

00:15 number of potholes reported in Leeds has risen by almost 60% in the last five years, with

00:21 13,722 reports in 2023.

00:26 Estimates suggest there is a mean average of 19.5 years backlog in highways maintenance

00:32 in the city and it would take £288 million to bring all the roads up to an acceptable

00:37 standard.

00:39 The motion calls on the council to address disparities between the time it takes to fix

00:43 potholes in different parts of the city.

00:45 They have said that the reduced funding from central government has hit the budget for

00:49 repairing damaged roads and pavements, despite a robust asset management system to monitor

00:54 and consider works being in place.

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