Lincolnshire roads described as being in a "dire" state

Lincolnshire's roads have been described as being in a 'dire state' - despite the amount of pothole repairs across the country reaching an eight year high,

Last year, Lincolnshire County Council filled over 110,000 potholes, but say they'd need £400 million pounds to tackle the existing issues.

The Department for Transport say most authorities will see an increase in funding by almost a third compared to last year - that's the biggest ever funding increase for local road improvements.

Where I live it's an absolute nightmare

We asked drivers in Lincolnshire about their experiences.

John from Goxhill told us about what happened to his son.

"Where I live it's an absolute nightmare."

"I've just spent 225 quid on two new tyres for my lad because of potholes."

Dave Briggs from Cherry Specialised Transport in Lincoln told us:

"There are a lot of potholes all over the county but certainly down here at Stamp End there's been some really big holes that really needed doing".

"We had one the other day - it was over near Grantham - they got a pothole and it wrecked the

wheel and everything - we do have it - I think everybody does."

A nightmare - and costly

Alison from Lincoln told us about how she felt when her tyre had an issue having gone over a pothole.

"Really inconvenient because I had work the next day so trying to get it where I live - trying to get it fixed quickly in order to not lose a day at work - a nightmare and costly."

Other comments we got from local drivers included:

"It just made a massive bang so you knew straight away."

"I had to leave the car at the road overnight in the middle of the night because I couldn't get the tyre in time."

Another said: "I live outside of Lincoln so I do a lot of country road driving to get into Lincoln and also to get to Horncastle at work."

"They're everywhere".

One man told us: "Cherry Willingham coming towards Lincoln - they're terrible."

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