Pothole numbers plummet across county

The number of defects on Lancashire's roads and pavements has dropped by more than 25,000 over the past year.

- by Paul Faulkner

Figures from Lancashire County Council show that the tally of faults awaiting repair - which includes potholes - had fallen to 35,514 in September 2025, down from 61,063 when the same snapshot was taken 12 months earlier.

The authority's Reform UK administration, which took control at County Hall in May this year, has attributed the 42 per cent reduction to a wholesale revamp in the approach being taken to fixing carriageway faults.