Swansea Council has recently published its performance data for the first three months of 2010/2011 which show that a total of 279 reports of potholes were received by the emergency highways repairs team and all were repaired within 24 hours of the report.
Extra funding has also been invested into the service to help address the aftermath of record low temperatures suffered in January this year.
Carl Humphrey, Head of Streetscene in Swansea Council, said: “We started off the year with a huge amount of work to do in terms of highway repairs. This was down to the cold spell we suffered which resulted in road surfaces breaking up very quickly.
“Our emergency road repair team is ensuring all reports are dealt with in the timescale required.
“The recent launch of the PATCH initiative has also helped improve roads across Swansea.”
The Priority Action for Community Highways (PATCH) service is helping to upgrade more than 400 square metres of road surfaces in the city every week.
Under the scheme, road repair teams target specific communities for a two-week make-over.
Cllr John Hague, Cabinet Member for the Environment in Swansea Council, said: “Highway maintenance is something which our residents judge us on and I’m pleased our performance figures show we’re doing a good job.
“Residents need to have faith that when they report a road fault, depending on how serious it is, it will be dealt with immediately.
“We rely on residents to keep us informed of any damage to roads and hope they will continue to provide us with their assistance.”
Anyone who wants to report a pothole or other highway fault can contact the Council’s Highway Maintenance freephone telephone number on 0800 132081.
