{"id":695607,"date":"2026-01-14T15:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/695607\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:08:09","slug":"rotherham-and-leeds-rated-highly-for-pothole-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/695607\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotherham and Leeds rated highly for pothole repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to Rotherham Council, it has invested \u00a339m into road surfacing since 2014\/15 and is committed to spending another \u00a316m until 2028. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson says investment has led to a significant reduction in the number of potholes that require repair. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In 2014\/15, 34,000 potholes were repaired, but in 2025\/26, only 12,951 potholes needed to be repaired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, 199 roads have been identified to be resurfaced in total, alongside 140 footways. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">These included locations along the A57, Moorgate Road, Doncaster Road at Hooton Roberts, and Aldwarke Lane at Parkgate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Community safety and street scene assistant director Sam Barstow says the green rating is &#8220;fantastic&#8221; for Rotherham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The government have looked at a range of different factors, how much do local authorities invest in the road, how many potholes get reported and critically do they comply with best practice,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Critically, it&#8217;s not just about patching and repairing potholes, it&#8217;s actually about investing in resurfacing activity and getting to address the root cause of the problems.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Rotherham Council, it has invested \u00a339m into road surfacing since 2014\/15 and is committed to spending&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-695607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115894085432366861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}