Lester Road in Little Hulton to be the most complained about street in Salford for potholes, research by the Federation for Small Businesses has found.
The street is home to multiple longstanding industrial firm Northern Accident Repair centre, a Viridor Recycling Plant, and breakers yards with scrap merchants.
Disgruntled drivers put in 15 complaints over potholes on Lester Road last year, more than any other street in the city, the Freedom of Information requests show.
The council recorded over 1020 requests for potholes to be filled in 2013/14, over the year spending nearly £1.5 million or resurfacing and pothole repair.
A two-metre sinkhole reappeared on Silk Street in Blackfriars, Salford last month, causing havoc for drivers on the commuter cuthrough.
However, subsidence in the local area which caused this factory collapse 50 years previous may be more to do with it than poor pothole repair.
While the number of claims for car and wheel damage caused by potholes dropped by almost a third from 2013 to 2014, the amount paid out by Salford Council tripled.
In 2013 £525.89 was paid out for six successful claims, but a year later that figure had jumped to £1656.73.
But as whole Salford was one of the least complained about councils in Greater Manchester, coming eighth out of 10.
Topping that list was Bolton, with a whopping 13,915 moans related to wonky roads in the borough. Trafford, with 3,888 complaints, was second worst, and Manchester third with 3,524.
Simon Edmondson, Regional Chairman for the FSB in Manchester & North Cheshire said:
“There is a serious point to this research and that’s our members, who pay significant amounts in business rates, expect the local roads to be of sound repair.
“The research we’ve done with business owners suggests many feel they aren’t getting value for money and want councils to spend a bit more of their cash on making roads of an acceptable standard.
“Most businesses rely in some way on roads to do business, whether it’s for their staff to get in to work or customers to come and spend with them. Having to navigate a minefield of potholes which can damage cars and also be hazardous for pedestrians doesn’t help anyone.”
