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Surrey’s roads contain more potholes than anywhere else in the country, according to a new survey from Kia.

The survey, launched after Kia saw a 150 per cent increase in pothole-related repairs, found 1998 potholes across Surrey.

Hampshire has been named as the second worst UK county for potholed with 892 found. Kent was third with 857.

The increase in potholes is widely attributed to the recent severe weather. Ageing tarmac is believed to have accelerated the problem.
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 I'm not surprised - the roads here in Surrey are in a terrible state.

Was this survey just in England or the whole of the UK? I presume only England because some of the roads here in Scotland are diabolical, the ones in Argyll and Bute deserve a special mention for their suspension and wheel destroying powers.

I do wonder what their criteria was in determining a "pothole" for this advertorial survey.

734 in Essex?  A couple of weeks ago I drove along Grange Road, just outside Billericay, and there must have been well over 100 just in the 1/4 mile stretch I went along.

I very much doubt it was the whole of the uk - the roads here in central scotland are beyond a joke, and it's not even in one particular town/city - glasgow edinburgh stirling and all places inbetween are particularly terrible

You can't drive anywhere within Surrey without 'meeting' at least one pothole...makes learning to drive fun though! (there's at least one big one on every test route).

crazyal:

drive anywhere within Surrey without 'meeting' at least one pothole.

 

 Since the surrey CC took over for road maintenance from Woking BC they have done almost nothing, and whan questioned say 'we have no money'!!

 It's their civic duty!!

I've just had to replace a punctured tyre as a result of a pothole buckling my wheel and a slow puncture at the rear may very well be a result of the same issue. Driving between Surrey and Hampshire.

Absolute Bullsh!t of course. It's just subliminal-type, aspirational advertising by Kia, where Kia = Surrey is implanted in feeble minds. The two deserve each other.

As to potholes, this Global Warming-caused endless winter, (new ice age? http://www.iceagenow.com)  has caused repairs estimated at €100m cost alone for the city of Berlin, whose alloted budget covers €6m of that. UK's cost must be in the billions.

There's alledgedly a pothole every 120yds in the UK, but we had a really bad Winter, Artic conditions in some parts, really hard day after day of frost, now when frost penatrates deep into the ground and then thaws it pushes the ground up and that's when holes occur, because of the severe Winter (worst in thirty years)there have been more road surface damage, it'll take some time to repair all the extra damage and with a recession on it might tale longer.

There are still potholes here from last year and the year before that which were never filled in!

What load of absolute rubbish.

Has the some person counted every pothole in every county? Or are the people counting pot holes in Surrey more precise and honest? How many miles of roads are there in Surrey? How many pot holes per mile does this represent?

How many cars per mile of road are there in these counties? It is no surprise to me that Surrey has the highest 'car per mile of road' ratio in the country

How much money does Surrey spend per mile compared to other counties in rectifying these problems?

It is really rather ridiculous to report an an issue with as many variables as this with just one single measure.