Reported potholes

Information on reported potholes in Lambeth, including location, money spent on repairs and on compensation.

05 January 2022

Your request

  1. Number of reported potholes, 1 December 2019 - 30 November 2020.
  2. Number of reported potholes, 1 December 2020 - 30 November 2021.
  3. Location of each reported pothole, 1 December 2020 - 30 November 2021.
  4. The minimum depth and width a reported pothole must be in order to be recorded as a pothole.
  5. Amount of money spent on pothole repairs.
  6. Amount of money spent on pothole-related compensation.

Our response

  1. 339
  2. 90 to date.
  3. Lambeth Council does not hold this information as the jobs were identified during the engineers routine daily inspections.
  4. The prescribed intervention level for carriageway 40mm and if the depth of the pothole is more than 40mm we will raise a work order for to repair. Minimum 1x1 meter square meter for repair, if the area is bigger than 1x1 meter we raise patch work orders.
  5. Year 2019 = £42,086.95, Year 2020 = £26,437.39, Year 2021 = £28,901.46 to date
  6. This information is available insurance claims webpage.