Devon Council say Pinnex Moor Pothole Complaints "unfair and unfounded"

DEVON County Council’s head of road maintenance has said

that complaints about the condition of Pinnex Moor Road are “unfair and

undounded.”

The council has hit back and campaigners have been told their

road is a priority, and that resurfacing has been is planned.

The Council's Cabinet Member in charge of Devon's road maintenance, Cllr Stuart

Hughes blames the previous Liberal Democrat council which the Tories ousted

last year: "After years of neglect from the previous Liberal Democrat

administration at County Hall, which left the road in its  current condition, the new Conservative

administration has made sure that funding is made available. Resurfacing of the

road is already in our planned programme of work, along with other roads in t he

town, and will begin within the next few weeks.

"Criticising the Council for not prioritising the road is unfair and

unfounded."

He added: “Roads don't det eriorate into bad condition

overnight. This is yet another legacy of the last administration. Since then

local Conservative County Councillor, Polly Colthorpe, has made it her business

to make  sure that funding is secured for

this road. Further funding will still be needed, but for now work to r epair

and resurface the worst sections of the road will begin in earnest.”

Tthe Council has allocated over £285,800 in Tiverton for

repairs to highways and footways of which £59,000 is being spent in Pinnex Moor

Road.

Since January, the Council has filled almost 40,000 potholes across Devon,which

the Council say is roughly six to seven times more than would usually be

expected. Millions of pounds of damage to Devon's 8,000 miles of roads, which

is the big gest highway network of any local authority in the country, has been

caused after the coldest winter for 30 years.

 

 Gangs of highways repairmen are working

across Devon full time, repairing potholes on the main  routes into settlements, following completion

of emergency repairs on the main A and B road  network which carry 80% of traffic in the

county.

 Rapid response teams are repairing small

and medium size potholes, to make the highway as safe as  possible. Defects over one square metre

requiring a more permanent repair will be dealt with by  other properly equipped teams.

 The Council is asking the public to be

their eyes and ears on the highway network. Potholes and  safety defects on the county’s roads can be

reported online at www.devon.gov.uk or by calling 0845  155

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