The inner west reported 44 new potholes in just a few days,while both Hunters Hill and the Sutherland Shire received 35 reports each and the City of Sydney received 34. Canada Bay Council received 29 reports since the rain,Blacktown Council received 26 and Randwick Council got 21. Fairfield Council got 20 reports of the car-wrecking holes and Liverpool Council received 16.
The NRMA received an average of 3092 callouts for tyre and wheel problems related to potholes each day in the seven days after the storms began – 430 more than usual. An average of 150 people a day called the company with car problems from potholes in the Canterbury-Bankstown area in the week following the storm.
“The longer it takes for them to get crews out there,the bigger the potholes get and the greater damage to the vehicle,” the insurer’s spokesperson Peter Khoury said.
And experts have warned that more potholes will appear over the coming weeks,encouraging drivers to stay vigilant.
“There’ll absolutely be more to come,” Khoury said. “The reason for that is you get the heavy rains,but the roads deteriorate over time,and the more cars drive over them,the worse they get.”
The worst pothole reports received by councils since the rainfall:
- Northern Beaches,64
- Inner West,44
- Sutherland Shire,35
- Hunters Hill,35
- City of Sydney,34
- Canada Bay,29
- Blacktown,26
- Randwick,21
- Fairfield,20
- Liverpool,16
- Hornsby,15
- Penrith,14
- Georges River,12
- Ku-ring-gai,11
- Mosman,7