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Derry motorists going 'potty' as potholes top of drivers' 'hate list'

Derry motorists are being driven 'potty' by the conditions of the city's roads. Drivers have identified potholes and speeding as their biggest gripes in new research carried out by temporary vehicle insurance provider Tempcover. More than seven in ...

30 May 2022 at 19:10

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'Only the most severe' road defects can be repaired in Derry

Derry and Strabane Council has been told the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) is operating with a budget of less than half of what it needs to maintain the road network. DfI presented to council to discuss its annual report on the road work ...

20 Oct 2023 at 16:30

Northern Ireland

Almost 5,000 compensation claims in a year over vehicles damaged by road defects

Almost 5,000 compensation claims have been submitted to a Stormont department in the last year over damage to vehicles caused by the poor state of roads, MLAs have been told. Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd told the Assembly that he was ...

16 Apr 2024 at 15:55

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Derry potholes reach ‘crisis level’

The vexed issue of potholes has once again been discussed by Derry City and Strabane District councillors. Derry News reported in February last year, there were 64,930 ‘official’ potholes across the North - according to government data ...

05 Feb 2024 at 13:15

Northern Ireland

Additional £1 million allocated to repair potholes on Northern Ireland’s roads

An additional £1 million has been allocated to repair potholes on Northern Ireland’s road network, the Stormont Infrastructure Minister has announced. There were an estimated 110,000 potholes across the region, according to government ...

12 Feb 2024 at 14:13

Derry's 'worst pot-hole riddled road' to be resurfaced

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Resurfacing to commence on Derry's 'worst pot-hole riddled road'

SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has welcomed the long overdue resurfacing of the Ardlough Road, from Drumahoe to the Rossdowney Road in the Waterside area of the city. Figures from the Department for Infrastructure previously revealed that ...

12 Oct 2022 at 13:15

Local News

Magherafelt to benefit from road resurfacing contracts

Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has welcomed the awarding of road resurfacing contracts totalling an annual value of approximately £20million. Phase One of the Department’s interim asphalt resurfacing procurement strategy, ...

30 Jun 2022 at 15:07

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Almost 8,000 potholes in Derry

A protest has been held at the site of one of Derry’s most notorious potholes as it emerged there are 64,930 ‘official’ potholes across the North. According to recent government data analysed by CompareNI.com, 7076 of those ...

24 Feb 2023 at 11:00

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Huge number of potholes repaired in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area in the last year

More than 6,000 potholes were fixed in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area last year. The Department of Infrastructure has revealed that a total of 6,343 'surface defects' on local roads were repaired in the ...

21 May 2021 at 09:30

Local News

Derry's council to seek meeting with government department over the issue of potholes

A meeting is to be organised to discuss the problem of potholes in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area. The issue was brought up at the monthly meeting of the council by Ulster Unionist councillor Derek ...

02 Mar 2021 at 07:45

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WATCH: Cllr Maeve O'Neill at Northland Road pothole protest

Cllr Maeve O'Neill (People Before Profit): "We are here on the Northland road today to highlight the shocking state of our roads with potholes. "This is only one example of the many potholes that are existing. ...

21 Feb 2023 at 11:30

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Northland Road pothole protest Monday

A protest at the notorious Northland Road pothole has been planned for Monday (February 20). The protest will take place at 3.00pm. The enormous pothole is being ignored by the Department for Infrastructure ...

17 Feb 2023 at 09:00

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