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Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,

Please could you answer the following questions in relation to potholes

1. Total no. of potholes reported in your council area for the years (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 to date
2. Total no. of potholes fixed in your council area for the years (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 to date
3. Total amount made in claims for compensation due to pothole damage broken down by financial year for the years (i) 2020/21, (ii) 2021/22, (iii) 2022/23, and (iv) 2023/24 to date
4. Total amount paid out in claims for compensation due to pothole damage broken down by financial year for the years (i) 2020/21, (ii) 2021/22, (iii) 2022/23, and (iv) 2023/24 to date

If possible if time allows:
5. The road name in your area which has received the most pothole reports over the past 5 years, and the total amount of reports made.

Yours faithfully,

Matthew Davis

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InfoMgr, FinDMT,

Dear Mr Davis

 

Please see our response below.

 

1.                   Total no. of potholes reported in your council area
for the years (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 to date

  2020 2021 2022 2023
January 124 134 43 106
February 81 93 54 84
March 76 77 70 154
April 12 86 68 93
May 20 100 79 68
June 30 96 46 45
July 45 114 45 49
August 37 71 26 50
September 33 66 21 33
October 39 64 62 32
November 25 62 40 59
December 45 63 57  

 

 

2.                   Total no. of potholes fixed in your council area for
the years (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 to date

 

     2020    2021          2022    
2023
January      46            39        
29        56
February      49           36         
36        54
March      41          49           
73        44
April      23          35            
57        85
May       9           171          
55        97
June                                          5           170           
34        55
July      25         152           
69        70
August      21          115           
31       60
September     16          125           
36       58
October     18         110            
34       55
November      14          99             
65       82

 

3.                   Total amount made in claims for compensation due to
pothole damage broken down by financial year for the years (i) 2020/21,
(ii) 2021/22, (iii) 2022/23, and (iv) 2023/24 to date

2018/19 – 35. 2019/20 – 36. 2020/21 – 16. 2021/2022 – 16. 2022/23 – 7.

 

 

4.                   Total amount paid out in claims for compensation due
to pothole damage broken down by financial year for the years (i) 2020/21,
(ii) 2021/22, (iii) 2022/23, and (iv) 2023/24 to date

If possible if time allows: 2020/21 – £0. 2021/2022 – £1224.19. 2022/23 –
£0. 2023/24

 

 

5.                   The road name in your area which has received the
most pothole reports over the past 5 years, and the total amount of
reports made.

New Chester Road

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Lynette Paterson

Principal Information Management Officer

Finance – Digital and Improvement

Wirral Council

PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ

 

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