Request ID
16306
Date Received
Date Resolved
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Resolution
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1. Please state how much was spent on repairing defective road surface/potholes (roads only, not pavements) in;
a) 2018/19: No information available
b) 2019/20: £490845.90
c) 2020/21: £352385.66
d) 2021/22: £324778.08

2. Please state how much was spent on carriageway resurfacing in:
a) 2018/19: £1,803,059.58
b) 2019/20: £3,611,913.70
c) 2020/21: £4,238,232.54
d) 2021/22: £5,057,531.69

3. How many miles of carriageway resurfacing took place in;
The lengths quoted below include all forms of surfacing, i.e. full resurfacing (plane and inlay) and surface treatments such as surface dressing.
a) 2018/19: 13.13 miles
b) 2019/20: 18.59 miles
c) 2020/21: 29.46 miles
d) 2021/22: 24.58 miles

4. Please state whether the council predominantly resurfaces using polymer modified stone asphalt, stone mastic asphalt or other?
Wokingham Borough Council’s Highways Design Team specifies a range of surfacing materials depending on the location, and no single material is predominant.

5. Please state how much was paid out (in £) to drivers making a claim for damage caused to their vehicles due to defective road surface/potholes in:
Wokingham Borough Council’s Insurance Team records details of claims by calendar year, and not by financial year. We are therefore only able to provide details broken down by calendar year.

The following are the amounts paid out to claimants where claims have been made for damage caused to their vehicles due to either defective road surfaces or potholes:
2018: £8,834.22
2019: £1,696.09
2020: £11,070.75
2021: £2,871.12
2022 (final details not yet available): £2,438.34

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