Series of pot holes by the triple warning sign post.
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 8993873.
I was coming through Radcliffe to go home to work. As I have come down the hill there is an offside bend which I have slowed down, knowing it is a blind corner. As I have done so another car was coming around the corner. As I have then hit the pot hole, I have instantly lost control of the steering due to an immediate flat tyre. I have managed to get it to a safe location around the corner.
I had to call a mobile tyre fitter immediately as my vehicle was not drivable. This is at the cost of £280. This maybe more as I am unsure what range it has done to my wheel balancing. Whilst waiting this has also prevented me from working and now at a loss of pay.
The pothole I have hit is reconnect to each other. Filled with water and the depth is unknown as I had nothing to put in there to measure. The bigger one is around a meter long and half a meter wide. The other one is around half a meter long and a similar width. The road conditions in Radcliffe are horrendous in general.
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The report has been passed to the Highway Officer, who will carry out an inspection of the issue within 10 working days, emergency defects will be corrected or made safe at the time of the inspection, if reasonably practicable to do so. In this context, making safe may constitute displaying warning notices, coning‐off or fencing‐off to protect the public from the defect or other suitable action. If the inspection team cannot make safe the defect at the time of inspection, then they will instigate the relevant emergency call procedures to ensure appropriate resources are mobilised to make the defect safe.
There may also be occasions when the issue reported will not be repaired as it has been classified as a minor defect and does not pose any risk to either the safety or the integrity of the highway, these are called minimum recording levels as specified in our Highways Safety Inspection Policy in these cases no action will be taken.
During winter months we receive a very high number of reports regarding potholes or a poor road surface, it's easy to assume that potholes are formed due to roads being poorly maintained but that is not usually the case. There are many factors that can cause potholes, particularly during the winter months when water seeps in through cracks in the road surface, collecting underneath and when the water freezes, it expands and creates cracks in the road surface. Our priority is always the safety of road users, so in some cases during busy periods a permanent repair is not always possible immediately. However, temporary repairs are a way to ensure the area is safe until such times as we can return to make a permanent repair.
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