Potholes reported and repaired in the last five years

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I require information relating to the number of potholes reported and repaired in the last five years within your jurisdiction.
 
In particular, are you able to provide me with:
 
1) The number of potholes recorded within your jurisdiction, from public reports and council inspections. Please provide figures for the years 2019-2023.
          
2) The total number of potholes repaired within your jurisdiction annually. Please provide figures for the years 2019-2023.

Financial Year Public Reports Inspector* Repaired
2017/18 32,321 20,490 64,385
2018/19 38,997 32,274 69,242
2019/20 35,440 20,726 53,528
2020/21 26,996 24,261 56,899
2021/22 27,787 19,970 48,943
2022/23 34,034 15,028 44,076

*Routine inspection as well as finding additional defects when responding to a public report.

3) The number of potholes within your jurisdiction that have been reported to you or recorded but have not yet been repaired. Please provide the most recent data.

As of the 30/01/2024, the number of potholes reported but not repaired is;

With contractor – 1679

To be assessed – 1786
 
4a) Could you provide a list of how you categorise potholes in terms of urgency required for repair, and the timeframes in which potholes in each of the categories are expected to be repaired.

This information can be found in section 5 at the following link Highway Safety Policy.
 
4b) The percentage of potholes repaired under each category that met the category target (e.g. 50% of category 1 potholes were repaired within the expected 2-hour timeframe). Please provide figures for the years 2019-2023.

4c) The number of pothole repairs completed on time within each category’s allocated timeframe. Please provide figures for the years 2019-2023.

Financial Year Category Percentage On Time On Time
2017/18 Cat 1 26.67% 3079
2017/18 Cat 2 56.04% 8446
2017/18 Cat 3 77.53% 29,279
2017/18 Emergency 0.00% 0
2018/19 Cat 1 15.47% 593
2018/19 Cat 2 68.37% 11,560
2018/19 Cat 3 93.35% 45,271
2018/19 Cat 4 100.00% 5
2018/19 Emergency 0.00% 0
2019/20 Cat 1 23.86% 256
2019/20 Cat 2 62.02% 9285
2019/20 Cat 3 95.55% 33,510
2019/20 Cat 4 99.66% 2378
2019/20 Emergency 24.14% 7
2020/21 Cat 1 23.92% 189
2020/21 Cat 2 69.42% 9468
2020/21 Cat 3 97.79% 35,940
2020/21 Cat 4 99.60% 5667
2020/21 Emergency 27.59% 8
2021/22 Cat 1 28.36% 323
2021/22 Cat 2 73.19% 12,381
2021/22 Cat 3 98.22% 26,963
2021/22 Cat 4 99.29% 3356
2021/22 Emergency 23.21% 13
2022/23 Cat 1 33.17% 271
2022/23 Cat 2 66.52% 8721
2022/23 Cat 3 94.87% 25,727
2022/23 Cat 4 95.11% 2838
2022/23 Emergency 31.91% 15
2023/24 Cat 1 37.95% 244
2023/24 Cat 2 77.01% 10467
2023/24 Cat 3 97.95% 23,335
2023/24 Cat 4 99.53% 3175
2023/24 Emergency 39.39% 13

Please note Category 4 was not a category recorded in 2017/18.