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Fed up villagers turn potholes into attraction


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In a small picturesque community on the edge of Wrexham county, a new so-called "tourist-attraction" has popped up.

Pothole Land, just above Pontfadog in the Ceiriog Valley, is a tongue-in-cheek response to what one resident has called "years of concerted council inaction" in maintaining their roads.

Another, Russell Kirk, who lives at the top of a lane with what he said were the "widest, deepest and longest" potholes in Wales, described it as "treacherous" and getting "progressively worse".

"People won't come up here anymore," said Mr Kirk, "and that includes the bin men sometimes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62q74xyq15o

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But while potholes cost money, they are also helping to make it.

The AA said the total cost of fixing vehicles it attended in the UK which had broken down because of poor road surfaces in 2024 was £579m

Vince Crane from the organisation said there had been more than 600,000 pothole related incidents last year, causing damage to wheels, tyres, body work and suspension.

In Pontfadog, Andy Jones from Ceiriog Valley Service centre said he was "getting busier and busier" with jobs relating to pothole damage, with five coming in over the past week.

That is a sad state of affairs

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