Potholes in England go unrepaired for up to 18 months

Lib Dem research finds nine councils where average repair time is four weeks or longer

Some councils in England take far more than a month on average to repair potholes, with some individual potholes remaining in place for 18 months, research by the Liberal Democrats has shown.

Based on freedom of information requests to councils in advance of next month’s local elections, the data uncovered nine councils where the average pothole repair time is four weeks or longer.