00:00The Lancashire Council has launched a new campaign to educate residents on what constitutes a pothole
00:05and explain more about the lack of funding available.
00:08Blackburn with Darwin Council says potholes are the most complained about things in the borough.
00:13Council bosses said they only receive enough funding to resurface the equivalent of just 1.2%
00:19of just six kilometres of roads each year. This means that it would take at least 85
00:25years to resurface all roads when the average road only lasts around 20 years.
00:30Last year council highway inspectors were called out to inspect almost 500 potholes
00:35that didn't meet the minimum criteria, meaning they couldn't be repaired.
00:40This new campaign hopes to educate residents on what constitutes a pothole
00:44and explain more about the lack of funding available.
00:48If the pothole is over 150 millimetres deep it will be classed as an emergency and made
00:53safe by the next working day. Often it will be repaired within two hours of the inspection.
00:58Last year more than 6,500 potholes were repaired in Blackburn with Darwin.
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