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While Reggie Anderson posted: “Under 50mm requires no action, you cannot be serious. "Potholes kill cyclists, what price one life. Get a grip and fix those potholes before more are
killed through your neglect.” CWaC has been fighting a constant battle to repair potholes created by this year’s ‘freeze-thaw’ winter. Their council Twitter feed points out that during
January and February a total of 1,508 potholes were repaired across the borough. Independent website ‘Fill That Hole’, compiled by the Cyclists’ Touring Club shows CWaC is ranked number four
in a league table of more than 200 highway authorities when it comes to filling in holes with a 99 per cent fix rate. In 2011 CTC named CWaC the country’s top highways authority for fixing
potholes. Councillor Karen Shore, cabinet member for environment, defended the now deleted picture and said the hole was not 50mm or deeper. Cllr Shore said: “The pothole in question was
measured correctly and in line with our policy. “At a depth of 36mm, the pothole is a lower category defect than those of more than 50mm, which are prioritised for repair within 24 hours.
“However, this has still been listed as defective and raised as a job for our contractor to complete in the coming weeks, which is standard for this type of repair.”