FOI request (FOIR-581693758)

Potholes

Requested Tue 30 January 2024
Responded Thu 01 February 2024

I am seeking information relating to the number of potholes reported and repaired in the last five years within your jurisdiction.

In particular, are you able to provide me with:

1a. The number of potholes recorded within your jurisdiction, from public reports. Please provide figures for each of the following years:

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

1b. The number of potholes recorded within your jurisdiction, from council inspections. Please provide figures for each of the following years:

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2. The total number of potholes repaired within your jurisdiction annually. Please provide figures for each of the following years:

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

3. The number of potholes within your jurisdiction that have been reported to you or recorded but have not yet been repaired. Please provide the most recent data.

4a. Could you provide a list of how you categorise potholes in terms of urgency required for repair, and the timeframes in which potholes in each of the categories are expected to be repaired.

4b. The percentage of potholes repaired under each category that met the category target (for example, 50% of category 1 potholes were repaired within the expected 2-hour timeframe).

Please provide figures for each of the following years:

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

4c. The number of pothole repairs completed on time within each category's allocated timeframe. Please provide figures for each of the following years:

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

If your database works under a fiscal year, please provide figures to the corresponding fiscal years. If possible, please provide the data in an Excel document with separate columns for each year.

Response

Information not held.

All aspects of roads and footpaths, including potholes, are the responsibility of East Sussex County Council, please visit their website for further information:

https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk