A senior councillor and local residents have called for 'diabolical' big potholes and deteriorating roads to be fixed in Arnold as a matter of urgency.
Three large potholes appeared on the Wilkos mini-roundabout in Arnold town centre, the biggest of which is near the centre of the roundabout estimated at 3-4 inches in depth.
It is understood emergency repairs were carried out on some of the potholes today.
The roundabout connects Arnot Hill Road and Hallam's Lane with a high volume of traffic using that route throughout the day.
The potholes had been circled in white paint, meaning Nottinghamshire County Council has inspected them as category 2 potholes, which should be repaired within 28 days.
But Labour county councillor for Arnold, and deputy leader of Gedling Borough Council, Michael Payne had wanted them do be fixed as an emergency.
He said a number of people have complained to him about their vehicles being damaged because of the state of the roads in the area within the past two weeks, showing him photos of tyres being ripped, wheels being damaged and wheel alignment being knocked.
Cllr Michael Payne said: "People who drive down here will know how horrific it is, there are potholes which you could quite easily stand in and your feet would disappear they're that deep.
"People are going around the roundabout and can't see the potholes, the whole junction is in a state - if you hit those potholes on a bike, you'd definitely come off.
"What needs to happen is an emergency repair to the potholes, something like in the next 24 hours before further damage is done, and this entire junction quite clearly needs to be repaired as it's like a patchwork quilt, it needs a proper resurfacing.
"Yes there is white paint around the potholes, but it blends in with the markings on the mini-roundabout and you can hardly see them on such a busy junction, they're right in the line with where the tyres are and that will cause damage.
"Why has this junction been left like this for months, and why have we got potholes which are dangerous?"
A post on his Facebook page tonight said the worst pothole had been filled in but other problems remained.
Cllr Michael Payne thinks there are wider problems with the maintenance of roads in Arnold, and across the Gedling borough, with some junctions described as 'diabolical'.
He said: "We've got a junction up on Coppice Road, Albert Road and Rolleston Drive in a diabolical state, we've got Brookfield Road which also has horrific potholes which have been reported, the stretch of High Street from Highcroft Surgery down to the mini-roundabout at Sainsbury's is horrific too.
"These things have been reported time and time again by councillors such as myself, and local residents, and it's being left just like this.
"We're being told that more money is going into roads, but where is that money going, because I'm not seeing it at this junction on the mini-roundabout.
"I know cracks in the road can take time to sort out, but residents will quite rightly be asking the question why these bread and butter issues cannot be sorted out, this is a basic responsibility and is the biggest issue I get written to about.
"Let's sort out these repairs once and for all, let's do a proper job first time round so we're not coming back and back."
Cllr Michael Payne met another motorist affected at the Wilkos roundabout on Tuesday (March 8) while speaking to Nottinghamshire Live.
Danny Toye, 33, who runs Toye's Joinery & Maintenance, said: "Two front springs on my van have been compressed because of the potholes on the Wilkos roundabout.
"I've got to take it into the garage and I think each one will cost around £300 to repair.
"I go around this roundabout every day, something needs to be done."
Speaking about the same pothole, Barbara Kelly, 76, who's retired and lives on Thackeray's Lane, said: "When I first saw it, I thought 'that's a big hole,' it looks handmade.
"Our road is really bad too, everywhere you go around Arnold there seems to be potholes, it's annoying.
"You never really see workmen, and when you do they tap the filling down and then they're gone, it's not a proper job."
Councillor Neil Clarke MBE, Chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Transport and Environment Committee, said: “We are aware of some deterioration to the road surface at Arnot Hill Road in Arnold.
“The potholes that have already been marked up are awaiting permanent repairs and we have sent an inspector to the site to ensure that these have not deteriorated further, in which case we will make any emergency repairs required to make them safe.
“We also have a section of Arnot Hill Road included in a future year of our resurfacing programme.
“We have made improving our roads a key priority and as part of this commitment we will be making a significant investment in patching as part of a £15m additional funding package in roads and the environment over the next four years.
“Part of this funding will enable us to employ additional structural road patching workforce to ultimately help us make high quality, long-term road repairs.”
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