The latest government figures have shown Derry City and Strabane council area has the highest number of potholes and road-surface defects in Northern Ireland.
Following a presentation to the council’s Environment and Regeneration Committee by DFI Roads Western Division, SDLP councillor Steven Edwards queried what was being done to solve the issue.
He said: “I have some correspondence that our council area has 3199 current potholes which is double the next council area which is Newry, Mourne and Down and triple what Belfast has. What’s being done to address this?