Get on the council’s pothole hotline

LOCAL residents are being urged to report road potholes using the county council online tool County and district councillors for Melbourne, David Muller and Martin Fitzpatrick, are making the plea to residents after hearing at Stantonby-Bridge’s annual parish meeting about significant sized potholes at the road junction to the village

Cllr Muller said: “At the meeting we learned that residents had some serious concerns about the size and location of these potholes so straight after the meeting Cllr Fitzpatrick and I went and inspected and photographed the potholes in question ”

Cllr Fitzpatrick continued: “The same evening I reported the potholes using the county council online tool and uploaded the photos I had taken The process was simple and took around five minutes per location

“Within 10 days local residents were already congratulating us on how quickly the holes had been filled and how the road junctions were now much safer to use, and I had received an email from the county highways authority confirming that the work had been completed ”

The councillors are urging residents to photograph and report potholes using the online tool which can be found by searching Derbyshire County Council and Potholes

Cllr Muller added: “Reporting the potholes will ensure they are filled in as a matter of urgency ”

See shorturl at/knry2 for the link to report potholes