HAMPSHIRE County Council repaired only a third of potholes reported last year, new figures reveal.
More than 25,000 potholes were reported to the county council from April 2022 to March 2023, with just over 8,200 of these, or 32 per cent, being repaired.
The figures have been revealed following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by car leasing firm, Xcite Car Leasing, to 105 councils across the country, with 68 councils responding.
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The FOI also asked councils for their budget for potholes and actual spending for the same period, and the amount of potholes which were reported and also repaired within the same period.
Hampshire County Council's budget to repair potholes was £100,100,000, with £89,844,211 spent of the allocation.
This means £10,255,789 of the council's budget for potholes was not spent in the 2022-23 tax year, with the cost of repairing each pothole averaging out at more than £136 per pothole.
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Despite more than 25,000 reports of potholes within the year, the figure does not take into account potholes that may have been reported by several people, and therefore does not represent an accurate representation of how many potholes were reported, and the percentage of which were repaired.
Hampshire County Council has been contacted for comment.
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