BURY’s pothole problem has come under the spotlight.

There were 904 carriageway and 64 footway potholes reported by the public borough-wide for the 12 months up to March.

However, Bury Council says it has not yet been possible to analyse the figures to show the number filled in.

The statistics were disclosed at last week’s full council meeting after a question from Councillor Tim Pickstone. And he also asked what measures were being taken to manage the problem.

Executive member for environment and transport, Councillor Dorothy Gunther said: “We employ six highway/street works inspectors whose duties include highway safety inspection and who also carry out the investigation of service requests.

“Their inspections and investigations result in action being taken should intervention criteria be met. This process is continuous throughout each financial year. In terms of what we have done about it, may I remind you that we allocated a further £100,000 to the repair of potholes in the recent budget meeting.”

Cllr Gunther continued: “Further, in approving the capital programme for highways at executive last week, £200,000 from bridge maintenance has been reallocated to highways maintenance to help overcome damage caused by the recent severe winter weather.”