Council complacent on pothole costs
22 Feb 2013
Salisbury councillor Brian Dalton has put a question to Wiltshire Council about the costs of compensation claims for vehicle damage and personal injury caused by bad roads.
The answer from highways supremo Dick Tonge (Con) reveals that the claims received which have been caused by defects on the Highway or Car Parks and include payments for compensation and associated costs from 1st April 2009 to 18th February 2013 are £112,434.73 for vehicle damage claims and £275,526.35 for personal injury claims - a total of nearly £400,000.
"However, the cost of claims is not high taking into account the extensive highway network, and they represent a very small proportion of the council's expenditure on highways," said Cllr Tonge.