A fed up pensioner has resorted to filling potholes with rubber ducks and other model toys to draw attention to the condition of his local roads. Tim Webb said he is frustrated with little action being taken on efforts to repair roads near to where he lives.
The 66-year-old said that for the past four months, he has been reporting potholes to FixMyStreet - a site used to flag road defects to local councils. After noticing that one pothole took “110 days to get fixed” he came up with a creative way to highlight the issue in his neighbourhood and began creating miniature scenes around potholes in the area, using props such as rubber ducks and toy construction vehicles gathered from friends, family and charity shops.
Speaking about the road repair team, Mr Webb told MyLondon said: “God bless them, they’re rushed off their feet and can’t cope with the amount of jobs thrown at them. They claim it’s because of the cold weather and then they have rain. I have a feeling, and some people think, it’s years of underinvestment and not properly repairing roads.”
