More potholes will repaired over the next six months, with the council approving plans to reduce its criteria for fixing the defects.
A six-month trial will be launched, reducing the threshold for pothole repairs from 50mm to 40mm deep.
Currently, Reading Borough Council (RBC) repairs all potholes with a depth of 50mm or more and which cover an area of at least 300mm x 300mm.
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The council will now trial reducing this to 40mm or more, while they will still need to cover the same minimum area of 300m x 300m.
RBC’s Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport committee approved plans at Monday’s (March 15) meeting.
It says its £9 million road and pavement repair scheme has reduced the demand for pothole repairs considerably, enabling transition to addressing defects of a lesser depth.
Pothole stock image
The council also approved changes to its response times for repairs to allow a bit more leeway for fixing Category R1 potholes, the second most severe category of road defect.
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Workers are currently given 24 hours to fix these kinds of potholes, but the council wants to give them until the end of the following to fix the issue.
It says analysis of the data for repairs has shown a majority of Category R1 potholes were repaired between a few minutes to an hour after the 24-hour limit had passed.
Due to technical issues, the press and public was not able to watch the meeting but RBC confirmed all items were approved.
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