{"id":24298,"date":"2020-01-31T17:13:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T17:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=24298"},"modified":"2022-11-23T12:57:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T12:57:47","slug":"pothole-repairs-only-last-a-few-of-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/pothole-repairs-only-last-a-few-of-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Pothole repairs \u201conly last a few months\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Council&#8217;s process of fixing potholes isn&#8217;t good enough, according to some cyclists in Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Rahim Mastafa cycles into work every morning passing the bus depot\nin Sofia Gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Over the last six months, he has documented the potholes on his Twitter\naccount &#8212; lobbying Cardiff Council to repair the road. <\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/01\/IMG_2344-394x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24301\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?attachment_id=24301\" class=\"wp-image-24301\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/01\/IMG_2344-394x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24301\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?attachment_id=24301\" class=\"wp-image-24301\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Photo&#8217;s from Rahim&#8217;s Twitter @SugarBoxStudios<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>He says that the potholes are extremely dangerous for cyclists and when it rains, they look like shallow puddles, posing a high risk to cyclists who don\u2019t realise how deep they are. <\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>They&#8217;ve gone back a few times to fix the potholes, but the (repairs) never seem to last. <\/p><cite>Cyclist Rahim Mastafa <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p>Rahim says he and many other cyclists are forced to ride on the other side of the road because of the deep potholes \u2013 cycling directly into oncoming traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He says that the Council\u2019s attempt at a temporary fix to the\npotholes seemed to consist of the holes being filled with a \u201cshovel of tar\u201d &#8212;\nwhich quickly disappears with the high number of busses and cars. <\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2339-1-477x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24304\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2339-1-477x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24304\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Cardiff Cyclist Rahim Mastafa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>After Rahim was approached on social media about this story &#8211; Cardiff Council has since resurfaced the road. Six months later after his first complaint. <\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/01\/IMG_20200131_074841-1-296x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24303\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?attachment_id=24303\" class=\"wp-image-24303\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/01\/IMG_20200131_074841-1-296x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24303\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?attachment_id=24303\" class=\"wp-image-24303\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The road having been fixed again this morning. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Cardiff Council has said that according to data from last year, Cardiff was the top council in Wales when it came to pothole repairs and in a statement they said: <\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe use the resources available to best effect by carrying out a variety of road works across the highway network including reconstruction re-surfacing, surface patching and treatments as well as temporary repairs to potholes.\u201d<\/p><cite>Cardiff Council<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Council&#8217;s process of fixing potholes isn&#8217;t good enough, according to some cyclists in Cardiff. Rahim Mastafa cycles into work every morning passing the bus depot in Sofia Gardens. Over the last six months, he has documented the potholes on his Twitter account &#8212; lobbying Cardiff Council to repair the road. He says that the potholes are extremely dangerous for cyclists and when it rains, they look like shallow puddles, posing a high risk to cyclists who don\u2019t realise how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":24308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,6,18],"tags":[21,38,48,49,50],"coauthors":[971],"class_list":["post-24298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-slider-story","tag-cardiff","tag-cardiff-council","tag-cycle","tag-cyclist","tag-pothole"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pothole repairs \u201conly last a few months\u201d - CJS News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/pothole-repairs-only-last-a-few-of-months\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pothole repairs \u201conly last a few months\u201d - CJS News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Council&#8217;s process of fixing potholes isn&#8217;t good enough, according to some cyclists in Cardiff. 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