Potholes

Potholes cost East Lothian Council nearly £500,000 to repair last year

East Lothian Council spent nearly £500,000 fixing potholes last year

The JCB Pothole Pro has helped improve the condition of Edinburgh’s roads

Call for more money to fund pothole repairs

Resurfacing work Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Extra cash for city's roads 'will start to make a real difference'

Domino's launches pothole-proof delivery bike

Domino's unveil bike to keep pizzas safe from potholes

Broken and uneven surfaces on Bathgate roads are a hazard for cyclists

'Appalling' roads in Bathgate roads have 'never been so bad'

A pothole on Gardner's Crescent, Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Edinburgh named Scotland's 'pothole capital'

A pothole on Gardner's Crescent, Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Utility companies blamed as main cause of potholes

Serife Mehmet, 30, said she has often wished to move away from the area due to the extent of the rubbish

Revolting rubbish and nightmare potholes are making my car filthy

Councillor Stephen Jenkinson is Edinburgh's new transport convener

Tasks for new city transport convener in restoring confidence - Steve Cardownie

Resurfacing works on Parkgrove Crescent in Edinburgh were carried out around parked cars, leaving patches of untreated road.

Residents left bemused by resurfacing works around parked cars

Edinburgh's worst streets for potholes: top 10 named

Cameron Toll roundabout is finally free of potholes

Tim Webb, 66, is trying to highlight the pothole issue - by photographing toys at some of the 'greatest' pothole sites in his local area.

Pothole tourist turns road defects into mini works of art

Potholes on the B6372 at Gladhouse in Midlothian have damaged vehicles, including Jon Steele's car which had a blowout (left) after hitting a pothole.

Council promises to clear-up pothole ridden road

Pothole repairs are taking longer, but council says it has met targets

Council admits to 14,000 potholes and pays out nearly £70,000 Ian Swanson

Edinburgh has been named the second worst city in the UK for potholes - and the worst for fixinng them.
Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Capital 'second worst' city in UK for potholes

The JCB Pothole Pro is said to repair potholes in a quarter of the time at half the cost

Edinburgh council 'not making best use of pothole killer machine'

Road organisations are urging permanent repairs rather than temporary patches to deal with potholes. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

It's National Pothole Day

Residents of Bel-Air chalet estates on Seawick road in St Osyth, Essex say they are suffering from "the worst road in Britain" Picture: James Linsell-Clark/ SWNS

"We live on the most potholed road in Britain"

A ban on rental e-scooters in Paris was backed by an overwhelming majority in a referendum and Scotland's cities should take the same approach (Picture: Ameer Alhalbi/Getty Images)

E-bikes and scooters are not wanted on our streets, thanks - Susan Dalgety

Locals appear to have lost patience waiting for the holey highway in East Sussex to be repaired - and the resulting crude phallus drawings have attracted interest online.

Fed-up road users expose town’s potholes by painting rude shapes

(Image: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Pothole damage related breakdowns jump by 40% in a year, RAC reveals

More than 200 roads, pavements and paths are to be repaired in Edinburgh (Picture: Ian Rutherford)

Council set to fix roads, pavements and paths across the city. No thanks to SNP!

Ben Thornbury demonstrating 'crazy pothole golf' in Malmesbury

Man sets up pothole crazy golf course to ‘make a point’ to council

Here’s how you can claim compensation from your local council if your car has been damaged by a pothole

How to claim pothole damages from your local council

Damage ranges from burst tyres to shattered suspension (NationalWorld/Abode Stock)

2.7 million cars forced off the road by pothole damage
Repair bill for broken wheels, tyres and suspension reaches £1.7bn per year as half of drivers report hitting potholes at least once a week
Matt Allan

A look at the UK’s most neglected street compared to The Last Of Us

Ross Hammond from Willowbrae, who has had to pay nearly £1,000 in the past year for repairs to his car which was damaged by potholes on Edinburgh's roads.

Potholes cost driver nearly £1,000 in a year

Utility firms face fines for ‘plague of potholes’

Authorities hit with £13m pothole compensation bill in last four years

UK’s roads ‘on the edge’ as bill for pothole repair backlog tops £12bn

UK’s pothole plague drives up breakdowns by a fifth

Leith Walk is closed as the first tram tracks are laid for the Newhaven extension

Edinburgh's 'broken' roads - your views online

(Composite: Kim Mogg/JPI Media)

UK’s most pothole-plagued councils revealed

Potholes blighting the capital have increased five fold since 2007

The number of potholes on Scotland’s trunk roads has increased five-fold since 2...

Readers have criticised Edinburgh’s potholed road surfaces

'I've travelled the length of this country and Edinburgh roads are the worst' - ...

Sad end to city’s manufacturing past - your views

UK's pothole hotspots - is your region among the country's worst?

How to claim for pothole damage: who is responsible and how to get compensation

Midlothian Council estimates the average amount spent on repairing potholes is £50 for each pothole.

Potholes still a ‘safety hazard’ for Midlothian road users

A traffic-freen Victoria Street during one of the council's Open Streets days. Picture: Neil Hanna

Open Streets and closed minds at Edinburgh City Chambers – Kevin Buckle

The pothole problem is letting down Edinburgh, says Malcolm Parkin.

Letter: Potholes make Edinburgh look like a neglected city in a developing natio...

The council has an Â£8.35m roads repairs underspend

Drivers dodge a pothole on Edinburgh streets every 14 metres

Elizabeth Marshall says we need a higher tourist tax to help fix our roads. Picture: TSPL

Letters: A Â£2 tourist tax is derisory - make it Â£8 and help fix our roads

One resident has complained about the state of the road.

Potholes turned into '˜speed bumps' by Midlothian Council repairs

Despite the positives, many were quick to respond about what they disliked the most about Edinburgh

'˜Potholes, bins and 20mph' listed as things readers hate most about Edinburgh i...

Potholes are fast becoming an issue in Edinburgh.

Here's how you report potholes and road issues in Edinburgh

The state of the city's roads is an ongoing gripe among residents. Picture: Jane Barlow

Council chiefs praised over making call to cut services

The steps in Queen Street a man fell down due to broken lights. Picture: Jayne Wright

Potholes go months unfixed despite council claims

Hidden risk of potholes

Leader: ‘The injuries are certainly horrific’

Talk of the town: Pothole flowers on your root home?

Potholes appear on York Place route less than two weeks after traffic diversions

Tourists blast city’s roads as worse than Third World