If you’ve ever driven around Moray, you’ll know that like many council regions, it has its own problems with potholes.
Between the start of 2017 and March this year, Moray Council workers completed a grand total of 25,566 repairs to defects on carriageways.
And over the course of the 2017/18 financial year until this March, the local authority has spent almost £3 million in its efforts to keep the region’s roads clear of potholes for all users.
Ahead of next week’s council election, we asked Moray council for data on where it has spent that cash repairing potholes since 2017.
Take a look at the map for yourself to see how many pothole repairs have been carried out on your street:
Where were the most pothole repairs carried out?
Going from the data presented in the above map, it is clear that Moray’s roads teams spend a lot of time filling up holes on routes in and around the more densely-populated areas like Elgin, Keith, Buckie and Forres.
However, the council has also repaired its fair share of roads in smaller communities like Dufftown, Tomintoul and Aberlour.
The council’s data for pothole work is broken down into sections of A, B and C roads in some areas, and named roads in others.
According to the data provided by Moray Council, the single route which had the most repairs since 2017 was the B9010 from Pluscarden Road in Elgin to the Old School House in Kellas, where 335 potholes were fixed.
Take a look at the parts of Moray’s road network which had the most pothole repairs carried out by the council in the interactive table below.
You can also type in where you live to see the number of repairs on streets near your house.
Where can I report potholes in Moray to the council?
You can report defects in road surfaces in Moray, such as potholes, here.
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