ROAD workers have repaired more than 15,500 potholes in Somerset this year, according to data.

Somerset Council said a total of 15,754 holes in county roads had been fixed – with some 687 completed in the past two weeks.

“But it’s not just about fixing defects, we carry out extensive preventive works like surface dressing to help prevent potholes and defects happening in the first place,” a council spokesperson said.

“This summer, we surface dressed nearly 1 million square metres over 200 sites in Somerset.”

When a pothole is reported, Somerset Council says the site is inspected within three working days, with a repair planned in due course.

People are being encouraged to report problems and potholes on Somerset roads via somerset.gov.uk/roads-travel-and-parking/report-a-problem-on-the-road.

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