Gedling councillors are appealing for urgent road repairs after a busy main Nottinghamshire road was left littered with ‘crater’ potholes.
The dire condition of the A612 Colwick Loop Road has been showcased in a video made and shared by Conservative Nottinghamshire County and Gedling Borough Councillor Mike Adams on Facebook on Monday (February 16) calling on the County Council to repair the road in his area.
At the time of writing, the video had 34,000 views.
The junction next to the Marks and Spencer’s at Victoria Retail Park, in Netherfield, has been in a deteriorated, crumbling state for around eight, weeks according to Cllr Adams.
In January 2025 the section had temporary repairs where potholes were filled in but speaking on these quick-fixes, Cllr Adams says “you might as well pour Weetabix in it”.
He said: “It’s just deteriorated massively in eight weeks, you can’t drive over it at more than five miles per hour.
“It’s in a braking zone, making it potential dangerous because your vehicle’s out of control.”
The councillor says he has contacted highway officials at the County Council in recent days highlighting the issues and is ‘awaiting updates’.
Councillor Sam Smith (Con), who also sits on the County Council and represents the Trent Valley ward on the Borough Council alongside Cllr Adams, described the potholes as ‘craters’.
He said: “I drive that road every single day, twice a day to and from County Hall – I feel like I’ve fell through the road to Australia and back. It’s atrocious.
“People drive into different lanes to avoid them. They’re definitely category one defects where the County Council has a responsibility to fill them in within 24 hours – that’s not been adhered to.
“It’s causing damage to cars, it’s frustrating to drivers and it’s dangerous. It’s both sides – you get rattled about on the way into Nottingham and rattled about on the way out.”
Cllr Smith said policy under the previous Conservative administration at the County Council was to temporary repair roads within 24 hours but then to return within 90 days to complete a resurfacing section.
One woman, who works at Noble Electrical Contractors in Great Northern Way, said she purposely avoids the potholes in her car.
She said: “I’m going into the right lane which you shouldn’t do. It’s that bad I’d rather go round. If you have to go through it you have to go through at your slowest – even then you can hear it.
“Every time I come to this road I think ‘they’ve definitely got to have fixed it by now’… I don’t understand how this one is not [fixed].
“The weather’s not getting better any time soon, the cold makes it worse and they’re not keeping on top of it. How bad does it need to get?”
So it turns out Reform are just another political party making promises they can’t keep. What a surprise!
I’d like to know which moron engineer authorized the laying of water permeable tarmac on top of impermeable tarmac. It then holds the water because it can’t escape, freezes then blows the surface. It’s clear to see in the photos that the layer beneath is in the majority complete. Therefore the specification for the Tarmac is not suitable, but it’s probably cheaper!!!
In campaign leaflets, Reform councillors promised to fix all potholes and framed this as part of their wider message about cutting waste and improving day‑to‑day services.
Nigel Farage, used high‑profile campaign stunts (e.g., arriving on a digger) to highlight a pledge to repair roads and tackle potholes, reinforcing this at both national and local levels.
[Reform Claims about resurfacing “hundreds of miles” of road
they also campaigned on ambitious road‑resurfacing plans.
They promoted a pledge to resurface hundreds of miles of Nottinghamshire roads, though post‑election scrutiny noted a lack of any published list, schedule, or detail on how or when this would be delivered.
Reform UK councillors were elected on promises of better services, lower taxes, and swift local improvements Voters expected visible action on potholes, bins, planning and accountability,
It appears manifesto promises by Reform never turn into benefits for the people of who voted for them – their credibility is at zero.
I thought Reform PROMISED to fix potholes and reduce council Tax……
lol
Just tories in a different shade of blue….
What Was Promised
•Reform pledged to cut or freeze council tax.
What Has Happened
After taking control, they increased council tax by 3.99%, despite the earlier pledge.
But spent £75,000 on flags
Reform UK campaigned on reducing or freezing council tax.
What Was Promised
• Reform pledged to cut or freeze council tax.
What Has Happened
• After taking control, they increased council tax by 3.99%, despite the earlier pledge.
£75,000 spent on Union Jack flag installations, better spent on pothole repairs instead. – or reducing council tax – as they PROMISED….
Reform – Just tory party Mk2
It no good bleeting about what went before, reform-ing-at-the-mouth-about-immigrants wanted the job & now they have it…and proved themselves incapible. Take note, they would be no more competent at higher levels.