The potholes which stretch almost the entire length of St Neots High Street are due to be repaired this month.

Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) has said it was made aware of the potholes on April 5.

In a statement, CCC said: " We were aware of the potholes on April 5, they have been marked up and will be repaired within 21 days."

The statement continued: "We always aim to fix potholes within five and 21 days. 

"Our highways teams carry out regular inspections of our roads, bridges, cycleways and footpaths, but we would still encourage the public to report potholes to us."

The website is at: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/highwayfaults. It flags any faults which have not yet been marked.

CCC says it would rather have multiple reports of the same fault, than none at all.

CCC paid £16,000 in its highest pothole payout of the last two years for a pothole injury claim which occurred on the county’s roads and walkways in 2021.  

Injuries were also behind the second and third highest claims, which were for £6,650 and £4,130 respectively.  

In total, CCC paid out more than £96,000 in pothole claims over the last two years

Of the 1,144 claims submitted to the council, 200 were settled and 906 were rejected.  

While the council says regular inspections are carried out on roads and footways, Helen also requested the monitoring and works schedules for the area where she fell as part of the FoI. 

“As a general rule, the council would only be liable for compensation if we have failed to meet specific duties as set out in the Highways Act around maintaining the public highway.  

“There may be circumstances where people disagree with our decisions, so claimants are always entitled to seek independent legal advice.” 

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