An eagle-eyed resident who noticed a pothole had been fixed by the council is now wondering why the others were left unrepaired.

Alan Cecil noticed yesterday (Monday, April 24) one of the many potholes on Cedar Avenue in Hazlemere had been filled in but the rest weren't. 

Speaking to the Bucks Free Press, he said: "I hope they didn't come out just to repair one pothole and ignore all the others!"

He shared a photo of the repaired pothole to the Facebook group Hazlemere Residents, of which he is an admin, writing: "One pothole repaired at the bottom of Cedar Avenue - though they didn't do the white-marked one just five metres away at the same time."

Commenting on the photo of the newly filled-in pothole, one person expressed doubt about the longevity of the repairs.

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They wrote: “The thing is that they’re not sealing in the edges. Water will get into and under the tarmac which will then lift and spread the tarmac every time a wheel goes over it. One week later, hey presto, the hole is back.”

Another took a more optimistic view, joking: “It’s called piece work! That means one piece or pothole at a time. Back tomorrow maybe to do another!”

At the beginning of April, Bucks Council introduced a Pothole Pro machine, which promises to fix potholes in under 10 minutes, to speed up roadway improvements.

In a newsletter to residents last week, Martin Tett, leader of Buckinghamshire Council, said potholes were an underfunded problem not unique to Buckinghamshire.

Mr Tett wrote: "This is a nationwide problem caused mainly by weather conditions during the winter. This is why central government is tackling the issue at a national level and set aside a specific pothole fund in the spring budget.

"We have received £2.3 million from this and we are grateful but frankly it isn't enough and I have been lobbying government ministers for much more."

Mr Tett shared that the Pothole Pro, which the council says will cost significantly less than traditional methods, would be carrying out repairs from this week (beginning April 24).

He added that widescale repairs across the county were not possible due to the influx of utility roadworks already in place.

"Our teams are working around the clock to prioritise the most dangerous and urgent repairs, but a factor that impacts our repair works is when utility companies need to dig up the roads," the council leader said. 

"We've seen many areas where multiple works by water, electricity and communications companies are together having an (already) cumulative impact on residents trying to get from A to B."