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Repairs to County Durham potholes will cost £2.5m

BBC Published Jun 7, 2010 Reviewed Jul 2, 2026 ✓ Reviewed by citations.press editors

The government promised £1m towards the county's repair bill.

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Dave Wilcox said the council had spent £500,000 between January and March, planned a £2m structural patching programme, received £1m from the government, and expected the programme to finish by September.

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Durham County Council spent £500,000 on pothole repairs between January and March.

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Durham County Council said a further £2m would be needed to bring roads back to a safe standard.

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The authority said it expected a programme of summer repairs to be completed by September.

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Durham County Council expects to spend a further £2 million on summer pothole repairs.

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Durham County Council expects its summer pothole repair programme to be completed by September.

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Repairs to the bulk of potholes left across County Durham over the winter are likely to cost at least £2.5m.

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More than £500,000 has already been spent on dealing with hundreds of potholes left by the worst winter weather to hit the area in 30 years.

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More than £500,000 has already been spent on dealing with hundreds of potholes left by the worst winter weather to hit the area in 30 years.

Durham County Council said a further £2m would be needed to bring roads back to a safe standard.

The authority said it expected a programme of summer repairs to be completed by September.

Durham County Council's strategic highways manager, Dave Wilcox, said: "We have spent £500,000 between January and March alone making the worst-hit areas safe for motorists.

"It is now our intention to look at a structural patching programme for the rest of the summer to the tune of about £2m.

"We have been lucky enough to have been given £1m of that from the government and we are repriorotising our own finances to find the balance.

"We expect this programme to be finished by September."

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