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Cambridgeshire County Council ‘investing record amounts’ as highways resources increase for pothole season.
By Molly Nicholas
Published: 11:35, 27 January 2026
Updated: 17:19, 27 January 2026

A council is significantly increasing the number of resources for pothole season to help tackle the repairs needed on the county’s roads.
Historically, at this time of year, there is always an increase in the number of potholes experienced and reported.

Currently, there are 5,400 potholes requiring repair across Cambridgeshire. In the past week, Cambridgeshire County Council’s highways department has repaired more than 1,000 potholes.

There will be a dramatic increase in the number of work crews dealing with both temporary and permanent fixes – normally, there are eight crews and two dragon patchers available across the county. Now there are 30 crews and two dragon patchers working hard to repair potholes. This will significantly increase the level of pothole repairs attended to each week.

In the winter, a lot more road defects and potholes form due to wet and freezing weather, being seen across the country, causing those worn areas of road and pavement surfaces to break up.

The council’s highways department team carries out regular inspections of roads, bridges, cycleways and footpaths. Defects identified and reported to them are said to be repaired as quickly as possible.

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Pothole facts:

• Over the past five years, the highways department has repaired an average of 55,400 individual potholes each year.

• In general terms, if a pothole is large and deep, it will be fixed within five days. If it is smaller and less of a hazard, it will be fixed within 21 days

• The team marks up the potholes in different ways; those repaired in five days are not marked, as the repair is immediate, yellow means it will be repaired within 21 days. The team always aims to fix potholes within five and 21 days, depending on their level of priority.

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