Sussex in frontline of pothole problem with nearly one million holes reported in UK last year

The pothole problem appears to be reaching epidemic proportions with a staggering 905,000 potholes reported in 2017/18.
By The Newsroom
Published 12th Feb 2019, 12:47 BST
Updated 12th Feb 2019, 14:26 BST
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The combined holes are estimated to have a total depth of 33 kilometres - three times the depth of the Mariana Trench.

And the South East has the deepest pothole problem, stretching to almost 5km in depth.

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