Had our fill of potholes

BACK in the day, a story about someone complaining about a pothole was standard fayre in local weekly newspapers and a solid lead back on page 18.

- SUSAN LEE

You’d get the aggrieved motorist, cyclist or nana with a now wonky wheeled shopping trolley to pose, pointing accusingly at a hole in the road and run a headline involving the words ‘furious’ and ‘disgrace’.

There might be a comment from the local council, even a local councillor or two on the picture, looking grim faced. Reader, you could now fill an entire edition with tales of pothole woe.

A new report by The Centre for Economics and Business Research reckons potholes are costing the economy millions every year thanks to prangs to cars, accidents caused by the craters and consequent congestion. That’s a lot of cash. I know there are bigger fish in the ever-growing pool of worry to fry.