A husband who believes his local council should pay a large bill to fix his wife’s Porsche after it was damaged by a pothole has lost his appeal. Neil Walker says he feels “absolutely disgusted” with a council's final decision and is now left counting the soaring cost to repair the classic German vehicle.
Mr Walker’s wife was driving through Derby in May last year when it is claimed the car hit a significant defect on the road. He says the road had been “repaired poorly” and was “uneven” at the time when the vehicle hit “two bumps on the road”, causing damage to the front bumper with various scratch marks visible on the front, reports Derbyshire Live.
But despite receiving pictures of the road from Mr Walker, Derby City Council refuted his claims and say there is no record of any defects on the road at the time. Mr Walker, 51, asked the council to review its original decision on the case but the claim has been dismissed. In February 2022, Mr Walker claimed quotes for a full repair hit the £1,000 mark. Due to inflation rising throughout the year, a full repair now is likely to cost hundreds of pounds more.
