Video: how we’re tackling the potholes on Shropshire’s roads

Two of the team working to tackle the large number of potholes in Shropshire have spoken about the work being carried out to repair roads across the county.

Mark Busby (trainer) and John Flower (schemes manager/area manager) work for Kier – Shropshire Council’s highways maintenance contractor.

Here Mark Busby talks about the challenge of repairing potholes on Shropshire’s roads, and the training that the pothole crews must undertake.

He says:

 “We’re all working together to try and get the problem fixed. We don’t want the public to drive on roads full of potholes. We want them to have a safe journey wherever they go within the county.”

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkUDZBBEyJE

And here, John Flower talks about the work being carried out to tackle the backlog of potholes and to prevent them recurring.

He says:

“There’s lots of work taking place at the moment regarding potholes. Due to the recent winter that we’ve had the roads seem to be in a pretty bad condition. We’re looking at new ways to fill potholes… so we’re not going back to repetitive potholes.”

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tq7-wiO2BQ

For  more information about how potholes are identified and treated, and to report a pothole, go to shropshire.gov.uk/potholes.