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Express & Star 23 Feb 11
Drivers were stuck in rush-hour delays of two-and-a-half hours on the M6 on Wednesday after a series of potholes opened up on the road.
Eight miles of queues stretched on the southbound carriageway from Junction 9 to Junction 12…
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Express & Star 17 Feb 11
Around 1,500 potholes have appeared on Walsall’s winter-ravaged roads in two just months, it was revealed today. The repairs are costing £6,000 a day.
One of the harshest winters on record has caused complaints about potholes to flood in from across the borough…
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Express & Star 11 Jan 11
Councils will have to spend millions after another freezing winter saw road surfaces crumble.
Sandwell Council estimates its bill to be around £700,000 while Walsall is set to spend £400,000…
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Express & Star 11 Dec 10
Councils across the Black Country and Staffordshire are bracing themselves for a flood of complaints about pothole-ravaged roads as the first of the reports start coming in.
In Walsall, repair teams have been called to 42 different locations in the past two weeks. Seven groups of workmen take to the borough’s streets every day to make repairs — at a cost of £6,000 a day…
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Ian Shires 2 May 10
Walsall Council’s response to the deteriorating situation of its roads is to send a truck round, chuck a bit of tar in the hole and get a workman to jump up and down on it, at least that’s what it seems like.
The Council tell us that these are temporary repairs. Permanent reinstatement’s will be carried out once the weather improves so they say…
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Express & Star 24 Apr 10
Thousands of pounds in compensation has been paid to drivers whose cars were damaged by potholes or other problems on the roads over the last three years.
New figures show that thousands of drivers across the region have been paid more than £250,000 from councils to help pay for their repairs.
In Walsall last year 135 claims were made with £1,885 so far paid out.
Comment
Arjun Chand (Letters) Advertiser 22 Apr 10
Can the council explain why when I have reported pot holes in the Walsall area, some are repaired but return within a few days or weeks? I have to report the same pot holes again and it takes up my time. It also costs the council more money to fill the pot holes again and the resources to do it. If the job was done properly the first time, it would save the council money.
Why are the council staff not monitoring these pot holes and keeping a record?
News blog
Cllr Ian Shires 31 Mar 10
The recent spell of severe weather has left a legacy of a multitude of pot holes on roads across the borough and Spring Lane in Willenhall has surely got to be one of the worst…
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BBC News 25 Mar 10
Motorists have been warned it could take councils nine years to mend potholes in the West Midlands, the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) says…
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BrownhillsBob 5 Mar 10
To continue what is probably a tedious theme from the last post – potholes – I thought I’d point out some of the absolutely dire road maintenance that Walsall Council seem to be deploying in response to the problem. On the morning after I published my last rumination on the matter, the Walsall Council Press Office sent out the following press release…