Liberal Democrats in Highgate have succeeded in getting the Council to fill in the latest potholes in pock-marked Southwood Lane. Following pressure from Lynne Featherstone and the Highgate FOCUS team, the Council last week filled the latest holes in the troubled road.

Lib Dems say that Highgate residents have been risking car damage and injury because of unacceptably large holes in the road surface. Lib Dem Lynne Featherstone had written to the Council on numerous occasions. Earlier in the year, she visited the site and was angered to see that months after contractors had marked around the holes with chalk, they had still not been filled in.

Cllr Featherstone comments:

“I am relieved see that the latest large potholes in Southwood Lane have now been filled. Recent holes on the road have been up to three inches deep.”

Local councillor Neil Williams adds:

“The Council must respond quicker to requests for these kind of urgent repair works to local roads. It is also fair to say that Southwood Lane needs wholesale resurfacing.”