Nottinghamshire's Pothole War: £169M Push

0:00On April 8th, Nottinghamshire County Council rode out eight new pod hole repair crews this week to tackle their crumbling roads head on. They're fueling this push with 122 million pounds in highways funding, plus almost 47 million pounds from the east. Midlands Combined County Authority Leader Mick Barton owned up to the mess, saying the roads were falling apart, but promise drivers would notice changes by summer. These crews are hitting permanent repairs year round, something brand new, and this marks phase 1 with phase 2 announcements coming in weeks. Residents have been venting frustration over pod holes, especially after that brutal winter and council opposition leader Sam Smith called it catch up. Time. He pointed out highways budgets climbed every year under conservatives hitting a record 72 million pounds before. Highways director David Langford laid it out straight, after years of underfunding, it'll take three to five years to fully recover. Still, their eyeing a drop in the 400 million pound backlog to 300 million pounds within 12 months through more permanent fixes, with record investments locked in and crews out daily,

1:10Nottinghamshire is fixing to smooth out those rides for good.