Thaw Reveals Potholes

With much of the snow gone from Hertford's roads, the council is now calculating the cost of repairing potholes.

Potholes like the one shown above are caused when water gets into the road subsurface and freezes. As the ice expands it caused the the road surface to fracture and break up.

Hertfordshire Highways now have teams out on the road identifying the most serious potholes and repairing them.

Last year the repair bill came to £16m.