Motorists running gauntlet of potholes

Thursday 13th January 2011, 11:30AM GMT.

Severe pot holes along Willenhall Road, Wolverhampton
Severe pot holes along Willenhall Road, Wolverhampton

From country roads to small streets outside schools and major routes with bus lanes, the daily commute has become a gauntlet of potholes.

Express & Star readers have come forward with another batch of roads which have become nightmare to travel on in the wake of Arctic conditions.

Father-of-three Kevin Fullard, from Essington, has complained about the numerous holes on Bursnips Road.

The semi-retired haulage contractor, aged 58, said: “You would think the RAF had been using our road for bombing practice. The potholes can take up most of the carriageway in places.”

Wolverhampton New Cross Hospital laboratory worker Fleur Jenkins, aged 29, contacted the Express & Star about potholes in Low Hill, Wolverhampton. She said: “They’re particularly bad on the traffic island that connects Fifth Avenue, Goodyear Avenue and First Avenue. There’s at least six and they are getting bigger and bigger.” Keith Woolley, 68, warned drivers of around 10 potholes on The Parkway in Perton.

A reader called Niki left a message on the Express & Star website about a pothole near Springdale School in Warstones Road.

She said: “I hit a pothole outside there as I was on my way to drop my kids off.”

Readers have also complained of potholes along Willenhall Road, particularly in the bus lanes which are made of red asphalt.

Wolverhampton City Council is repairing bus lanes with normal black asphalt because the red material breaks up in bad weather.



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