An extra £360,000 has been invested into repairing potholes over the past two weeks in Dundee.

Five pothole filling squads were dispatched by the city council to repair the city's roads after the recent snow melted following bad weather.

Mark Flynn depute convener of the local authority's city development committee, said: "I'm sure that almost everyone knows that potholes are an unpleasant, unwelcome but not unexpected consequence of bad weather.


"Anticipating this we were ready to put on three more squads and more than double the budget for repairs to keep Dundee moving and to try to maintain our position as the second best local authority roads network in Scotland.

"Dundee is the only council area in the country which uses hot tar to repair potholes as it creates a more durable fix and means we don't have to keep coming back to the same ones time and again when the temporary repair settles."

Residents who wish to report a pothole to the council can do so here.

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