This road is not included for resurfacing work this year.

It is quite frankly unbelievable and as your local councillors we are complaining right now about this. One way or another this road is going to get properly fixed in the near future. It is not the only one in a poor state but it is a fine example of why we think that the Council is failing in our area once again to address residents concerns about the state of our roads and footpaths.

There is quite clearly a serious issue which needs addressing as a matter of urgency, which is why starting this week we are inspecting personally every single road across our area.

So many roads are having poor quality pothole repairs done over and over again. It is a waste of taxpayers money.

The council says that they inspected this road at some point in the last six months or so and it didn’t make the program. If you spot a council owned road in Framwellgate Moor, Pity Me, Brasside or Newton Hall in a worse state of disrepair please let us know.

And if the Labour Party seeks to blame the cuts for their poor management of our road system, I politely remind them that having over £150m in reserves, and failing to listen to opposition councillors for a decade about investing in our road infrastructure is my response.

The Council must make an immediate and urgent additional investment into the road repairs department. And stop once and for all this repeat patchwork quilt pothole repair policy.