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Photo listing showing potholes

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Pot hole directly in cycle path - remains unfixed despite complaints to council. Cyclists have to swerve into path of traffic to avoid.

Dangerously poor and bumpy surface at the entrance from the path by the University Library towards West Cambridge

Sunken manhole cover

Very uneven surface on Bridge St

Large Pothole on Bridge St, by bollards

Large Pothole on Bridge St

The whole of Hobson Street is falling apart due to heavy buses - with loose gravel here.

Pothole reported to Fillthathole on 6 May; two weeks later the county was resurfacing Eltisley Avenue and Lammas Land (100m to either side) and I emailed to ask for this to be filled too. Too much to ask, of course.

The southbound cycle lane on Hobson Street is being destroyed by northbound buses

Hobson Street is breaking up again under heavy bus traffic

Hobson Street is breaking up again under heavy bus traffic

A real cycle-trap in the Newmarket Road cycle/bus lane.

Watch out for long lateral cracks that you could lose a wheel in.

Potholes on Lensfield Road

Pothole on Lensfield Road

The county council has agreed to resurface Eltisley Avenue in September or October - though there are plenty of streets in Cambridge in worse condition.

The county council has agreed to resurface Eltisley Avenue in September or October - though there are plenty of streets in Cambridge in worse condition.

The potholes on Lammas Land have *finally* been fixed - but new ones are developing already.

What was the roughest patch of road in Cambridge (#14068 ) has finally been fixed - but not alas the smaller patch by the ironwork in the mid-distance.

A couple of bald spots.

The west end of Lensfield Road has been marked up for repairs - meanwhile the rest of the road is still falling apart.

potholes, John Street.

It's bizarre that the virtually traffic-free Summerfield's potholes have been repaired while major roads such as Lensfield Road are falling apart. Also that some holes have been left unfixed.

It's bizarre that the virtually traffic-free Summerfield's potholes have been repaired while major roads such as Lensfield Road are falling apart.

King Street is being destroyed by heavy vehicles.

The 'ski-jump' below the pothole is dangerous.

The 'ski-jump' below the pothole is dangerous.

Bodged repairs on Lensfield Road - the rest of the road is still falling apart.

Large pothole in the middle of T-junction at Addenbrooke's.

The whole of Lensfield Road is crumbling again - a bad patch here at the west end.

Pothole in a particularly bad position for cyclists (and a Fed Ex van blocking what used to be a mandatory cycle lane but is now only advisory).

Permanent potholes along the edge of the cycle lane.

Iced-over pothole

Nasty little pothole [filled in on 13/12/2010]

The rushed repairs of last winter's frost damage are falling apart already, as feared.

This pothole will be fine once it's full of dead leaves. [fixed 13/12/2010]

Pothole in outbound lane of Trumpington Road at the Trumpington Rd / High Street, Trumpington / Long Road junction. A metre or so out from the kerb; right in the line of cyclists.

It'd be nice if the resurfacing of the New Bit path extended to the third-world potholes of Lammas Land - joined-up thinking?

Large puddles (and resulting pothole hidden)

The whole of Grantchester Street has been marked up for repair except this pothole.

One of the worst potholes remaining from last winter has been marked up for repair at last. [finally fixed in September or October 2010]

Continuing repairs on 'the void' outside Cambridge station.

Mill Road road closure

Emergency repair to pothole at Cambridge station.

Pothole opening into a void - and Highways truck arriving at midday on Sunday for emergency repairs

Highways truck arriving at midday on Sunday for emergency pothole repairs - the driver is calling into the void 'hello! is anyone there?'.

Potholes where vehicles give way on Brookside

Rather bodged repairs (see #22152) [done properly by August 2011]

Sweeping vehicle on Parker's Piece

The potholes on Lammas Land (see #21738, #22153, #22154) have been repaired, but not very well.

Third-world road surface in Cambridge

Potholes on the major cycle route from Newnham to Addenbrookes and the station.

Potholes on the major cycle route from Newnham to Addenbrookes and the station.

Lammas Land is in a sorry state - being a dead end for motorised traffic it is presumably very low priority for repairs, despite being the main cycle route from Newnham to the station and Addenbrooke's.

Potholes on Sidgwick Avenue.

Another bus stop, another monster pothole.

Only buses and taxis use this road - and it's falling apart.

Only buses and taxis use this road - and it's falling apart.

Pothole at the Station Road bus stop, where the surface is constantly breaking up - forcing cyclists out into the traffic.

Pothole at the Station Road bus stop, where the surface is constantly breaking up.

More potholes. Builders' vans blocking Eden Street. Cycle route signs.

Hard to see, but there's a roundabout-shaped pothole feature in the centre of the Newmarket Road/Coldhams Lane junction.

Pothole right in the middle of the Downing Street/St Andrew's Street junction (also typical Cambridge two-storey bike parking at rear).

Very nasty pothole for cyclists at the Catholic Church roundabout.

Yet more potholes developing at the Royal Cambridge Hotel roundabout.

Cambridge is falling apart - even quiet residential streets like Grantchester Street.

Appalling surface at the junction of Station Road and Hills Road.

The ASL at the end of Station Road is more pothole than road.

Station Road is falling apart under continuous assault by buses.

Potholes on Hills Road, at the entrance to the Perse School.

New potholes on Devonshire Road.

Brookside is being torn up by ratrunners and SUVs on the school run.

A one-way street, so not many cyclists will hit this pothole, but it could still be lethal.

Nasty new pothole by the cycle entrance to Cambridge station from the north.

Pothole on Merton St [filled by 11 March]

Lammas Land is breaking up - a very important cycle route, to the Leys School, the station and Addenbrooke's, but not a through route for cars so it probably won't be fixed for a long time.

Pothole at the Royal Cambridge Hotel roundabout

More potholes on East Road

Potholes in the cycle lane, East Road

Potholes on both sides of the Regent St cycle crossing.

Potholes on both sides of the Regent St cycle crossing.

St Paul's Road is falling apart.

St Paul's Road is falling apart.

On National Cycle Route 11, this pothole has been getting worst for most of the last year, despite requests for repairs.

Potholes are appearing all over Cambridge after a spell of snow and ice.

More potholes developing on East Road.

East Road is falling apart...

Example of the poor state of road building and maintenance. This manhole in the bus and bike lane on Hills Road is very dangerous, as cyclists can easily get trapped in the sunken part and slip, see also #19542.

Examplary craftsmanship. This manhole in the bus and bike lane on Hills Road is very dangerous for cyclists, see also #19543. Fillthathole Hazard 23537.

Progress of a sort - the ski jump has been fixed (see #18510 and #18511) but now there's a bit of a basin instead.

I wish I knew why the council is refusing to fix this combined pothole/skijump - do officers think that there is no southbound traffic here? Of course cyclists don't count.

I wish I knew why the council is refusing to fix this combined pothole/skijump - do officers think that there is no southbound traffic here? Of course cyclists don't count.

Another bus stop, another pothole - heavy vehicles braking hard tear up the road surface.

Pothole outside the Chemistry labs on Lensfield Road filled at last

One of a line of potholes on Panton Street. Cambridge's roads really are falling apart.

One of a line of potholes on Panton Street. Cambridge's roads really are falling apart.

Pothole on Queen's Road, reported to fillthathole.org.uk on 22 July, filled on 24 July. It works!

Nasty hole, forcing cyclists to swing out into the road. [Untouched by 4 November, reported to www.fillthathole.org.uk; still untouched on 8 December]

Tarmac cracking and quite a few potholes

Vehicles braking hard to give way at the traffic calming are producing another hole in the road.

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