Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your request for information about :

Potholes

Received on 04/07/2023

This request has been formally logged in our FOI management system and has been assigned the reference REQ11516.
You should receive a reply to your request within the statutory time limit of 20 working days.

Please remember to quote the reference number REQ11516 in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,
Information Management

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Dear J Briggs,

Thank you for your recent request for information which I have enclosed
below for ease of reference. Your request has been treated in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.

Your Request :  REQ11516

I can confirm that we hold information that falls within the scope of your
request. The answers to your questions have been provided in Red Text
below.

1. The number of potholes reported to the council by year since 2013.
Reports held from 2016 onwards due to a change to new system

Year (Calendar) Footway Carriageway
2016 128 337
2017 83 323
2018 97 398
2019 59 358
2020 62 637
2021 246 774
2022 66 508

2. The total amount the council has spent on repairing potholes by year
since 2013.

Year (Calendar) Footway Carriageway
2016 Not recorded Not recorded
2017 £357,537.68 £437,364.28
2018 £246.653.88 £299.985.07
2019 £210,801.01 £216.958.62
2020 £76,634.53 £231,139.33
2021 £60,112.84 £263,773.03
2022 £33,533.69 £151,819.09

3. The number of successful claims made against the council due to pothole
damage by year since 2013.

2013 10
2014 4
2015 4
2016 8
2017 4
2018 3
2019 2
2020 6
2021 10
2022 12
2023 up to 31/07/23 22

4. The total figure paid out each year by the council for pothole damage
by year since 2013.

2013 £ 4,312.94
2014 £527.75
2015 £654.60
2016 £5,095.83
2017 £500.72
2018 £2,388.88
2019 £189.00
2020 £3,377.87
2021 £2,326.06
2022 £1,837.34
2023 up to 31/07/23 £5,401.21

I hope this provides the information you were looking for; if there is any
further information that we can provide, please submit a further request.
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service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a
complaint or request a review of our decision, please contact me.

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may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
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Councils complaints procedure. To contact the Information Commissioner
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For future reference, all Freedom of Information requests can now be
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Kind regards,

Jodi

Swyddog Rheoli Gwybodaeth / Information Management Officer

Pobl, Polisi a Thrawsnewid / People, Policy and Transformation

Cyngor Dinas Casnewydd  / Newport City Council

Mae’r Cyngor yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg, Saesneg neu yn y ddwy
iaith. Byddwn yn cyfathrebu â chi yn ôl eich dewis. Ni fydd gohebu yn
Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.

The Council welcomes correspondence in English or Welsh or both, and will
respond to you according to your preference. Corresponding in Welsh will
not lead to delay.

Disclaimer/Ymwadiad

This email contains information intended for the addressee only and may be
confidential, the subject of legal or professional privilege, or be
otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient
of this message, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose,
distribute or copy the email to any other party. This email and any
attached file are the property of Newport City Council.

When you email Newport City Council, you consent to the Council monitoring
and reading any such emails for the purposes of security and legislative
compliance. For the full disclaimer please access
http://www.newport.gov.uk/disclaimer.

Mae'r e-bost hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y bwriedir ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn
unig a gall fod yn gyfrinachol, yn destun ragorfraint gyfreithiol neu
broffesiynol, neu fel arall wedi’i diogelu rhag cael ei rhyddhau. Os nad
chi yw derbynnydd bwriadedig y neges hon, a fyddech cystal â rhoi gwybod
i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a pheidio â datgelu, dosbarthu neu gopïo’r e-bost i
unrhyw barti arall. Mae’r e-bost hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn eiddo
i Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd.

Pan fyddwch yn anfon e-bost at Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd, rydych yn cydsynio
i’r Cyngor fonitro a darllen unrhyw e-byst o’r fath at ddibenion
cydymffurfio â diogelwch ac â deddfwriaeth. I weld yr ymwadiad llawn ewch
i http://www.newport.gov.uk/ymwadiad

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