Regarding pothole reference: W251871193 in Harepath Road, Seaton which has been reported as repaired, it seems your contractor has just thrown half a bucket of tarmac into the hole and it appears you class this as a repair.
Please provide information on how much the contractor has been or will be paid for this repair.
Pothole reference W251871193 has not been repaired to an acceptable standard. A patch repair was required to also address the deterioration immediately surrounding. The Council’s contractor will be required to reattend and undertake a repair in accordance with the Council’s specification.
The County Council does not hold information on the cost of individual highway safety defect repairs. Charging and paying for defect repairs is based on cost of labour plant and materials for a given geographical area for the billing period.
For the financial year 2024/25 the average cost of pothole repairs including all materials, plant, labour, traffic management, sub-contractor and overhead costs was :
Pothole repair below 0.5 sq m: £127
Pothole repair 0.5 sq m to 4 sq m: £342