Motorists shines light on Dumfries and Galloway pothole problem by photographing 40 defects in just three miles
dailyrecord.co.ukA motorist has recorded 40 potholes and road defects on just a few miles of road. Richard Winter took photos of each pothole on his journey from Kippford to the shop in Colvend on Tuesday morning – a distance of less than three miles.
And he claims locals have become so fed-up of the pothole problem that some have even started fixing the defects themselves.
Mr Winter, a visitor to the area, said: “I didn’t go looking for them, I could see them as I was driving down to get the paper. “Every photo is different.
The majority are down in Kippford but there’s quite a few coming out of Kippford and down the road to Colvend, there’s 10 or a dozen down there. “There were one or two I didn’t photograph as it wasn’t safe to stop. “There’s two down in Kippford which have been repaired by local residents.
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