Photo listing: potholes (problem)
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Amazing potholes considering this is a dead-end for motor traffic - but it's a National Cycle Route and a vital route to Addenbrooke's, so let's hope it gets fixed.
There are potholes everywhere in what used to be a civilised city, but an added annoyance is the amount of gravel thrown out of them, especially on Trumpington Road.
Monster pothole outside the ADC Theatre reported to the county council, who responded 'We are pleased to confirm that work has been ordered to address this issue which will be carried out within 12 weeks.'
Huge pothole. Any chance of it being fixed while they're working nearby on Barton Road? I'll ask but I doubt it.
Really terrible section of cycle lane opposite the Nuffield hospital - not just the potholes themselves, but also the gravel from the potholes, and cars are also slowing because of damage to the main carriageway.
Residents playing pothole golf as council fails to repair Cromwell Road, Cambridge - www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambridge-street-plays-bank-holiday-game-of-pothole-golf-9310789/
The west end of Herschel Road is in a terrible state, and reporting it to the county council achieves nothing. It's a through route for cyclists towards West Cambridge and Eddington.
It's time to resurface this section of the contraflow cycle lane - most cyclists prefer to swerve onto the carriageway to avoid it.
There are two new potholes on the Driftway - a major cycle route but not a through road, so we'll see how long it takes to get them fixed.
The sharp edge on the kerb in the foreground gave my front wheel a pinch puncture. Reported at: https://highwaysreporting.cambridgeshire.gov.uk?id=402957. Update Friday 24 March 2023 I've received: "We are pleased to confirm that work has … [more]
Cracked surfacing to cycle path. Coton path bridge across the M11. West sound. This path is a disgrace, it was closed for 2 years in order to re-surface the bridge approach ramps and this is the state of them less than a year later. Easily … [more]
Cracked surfacing to cycle path. Coton path bridge across the M11. This path is a disgrace, it was closed for 2 years in order to re-surface the bridge approach ramps and this is the state of them less than a year later. Easily wide enough … [more]
As usual, some potholes meet the criteria for repair and others don't - it'd be far cheaper and easier just to fix the lot rather than waiting for them to get worse. More of the same behind the camera.
Buses and construction trucks turning into Station Road mean that this storm grating is a permanent danger to cyclists.
There's a constant cycle of building and renovation work on Porson Road (NCN route 11) so of course there are huge potholes.
This pothole never goes away, although occasionally it gets patched up - it's pretty bad at the moment.
The road was recently closed here for a couple of days (#177601) - but the deathtraps were not touched.
Two or three holes on Station Road have been marked in yellow for repair - which is a total insult to all of us who have to tackle the road on anything less than a full-suspension mountain bike.
Two or three holes on Station Road have been marked in yellow for repair - which is a total insult to all of us who have to tackle the road on anything less than a full-suspension mountain bike.
Sinkhole in the middle of Mill Road outside number 156. Reported at: https://highwaysreporting.cambridgeshire.gov.uk?id=00381396.
The ironwork here has become springy. It is possible to stand on one corner of it and the ground bounces when you push on it with your feet. But when bus goes over it then it emits a very loud clack, see video at #175270. There's already a … [more]
Dreadful stretch of cycle lane - but as long as there are plans to remodel this part of East Road I don't suppose it'll be fixed.
There's always been a rough surface here (a busy route for cyclists to the West Cambridge site, less so for cars) - but it's really breaking up now. [About twice the size by January 2022]
The three speed cushions at the east end of Bateman St have been replaced by gentler full-width cushions. Did they also repair the potholes caused by drivers braking for the previous cushions? No, of course not.
Dreadful road surface on Mill Road, caused by heavy vehicles accelerating away from the lights - even with Mill Road bridge closed to most motor vehicles. Cambridgeshire County Council say : At this time we do not feel that any action is … [more]
This pothole has been filled, the ones around the corner on West Road have been marked up but left for later. Joined-up thinking?
This pothole never really goes away (see #20469, #80314, #107251) but it's particularly bad at the moment, and the county is ignoring requests for it to be fixed.
This is not a repair. The buses will have that tarmac out in no time, and the pothole to the right has not been touched.
Monster pothole! Others have already reported this one, e.g: https://highwaysreporting.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/?id=364491
Showing the repaired pothole of #162424. The worst of it has been fixed, but it looks to me like they missed a bit with that puddle!
Nasty pothole on Cherry Hinton Road - with an edge just where most cyclists are likely to be riding. Someone else has already reported this at: https://highwaysreporting.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/?id=358509 Partially repaired a couple of … [more]
Rocky debris from the pothole is being cast onto the cycleway. Reported at: https://highwaysreporting.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ Reference: 00355079
Two potholes - but the whole of West Road is in a poor state at the moment. [far worse by March 2021]
It's a shock coming back from Denmark and the Netherlands to find the appalling state of the roads in Cambridge.
It's a shock coming back from Denmark and the Netherlands to find the appalling state of the roads in Cambridge.
One problem with forcing motor vehicles onto one bit of the carriageway is that it needs more maintenance.
The cost of poorly maintained cycling infrastructure... Frame snapped in two at the bottom bracket, from the battering it receives from Newnham's potholes.
Very dangerous potholes as usual on Station Road. [Fairly slapdash repair by the morning of Monday 16/3/20 - the end of Pothole Watch Week]
I've more or less given up reporting potholes in Cambridge, but this one is bad, with loose stones being thrown around. In addition, if a driver knocked someone down on the zebra crossing they'd get away with it, as any competent lawyer … [more]
The Grantchester Meadows path just doesn't get any better. This is the condition after the County Council have allegedly "fixed" it. All it needs is a tarmac path between the end of the surfaced road to the start of the surfaced path. I am … [more]
The Grantchester Meadows path just doesn't get any better. This is the condition after the County Council have allegedly "fixed" it. All it needs is a tarmac path between the end of the surfaced road to the start of the surfaced path. I am … [more]
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