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Fenland: Pothole ahead – you can’t say you haven’t been warned!

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A frustrated resident has scrawled ‘very big hole’ in large, yellow lettering to alert drivers to a pothole in the Fens.

The artistic touch to draw attention to the pothole has appeared  near Wisbech and could be there for a while.

One resident says the pothole “was reported months ago to the county council.

The artistic touch to draw attention to the pothole has appeared at Murrow near Wisbech and could be there for a while. PHOTO: Terry Harris for CambsNews

Very Big Hole – sign written by concerned resident,
Murrow Lane, Wisbech St Mary Sunday 28 May 2023. Picture by Terry Harris.

“They told me it can take up to three months to fix”.

The artistic touch to draw attention to the pothole has appeared at Murrow near Wisbech and could be there for a while. PHOTO: Terry Harris for CambsNews

Very Big Hole – sign written by concerned resident,
Murrow Lane, Wisbech St Mary
Sunday 28 May 2023.
Picture by Terry Harris.

Another resident said: “Sadly, I still hit that hole the other day.”

Very Big Hole – sign written by concerned resident,
Murrow Lane, Wisbech st Mary
Sunday 28 May 2023.
Picture by Terry Harris.

One other local driver said: “I hit this the other week and burst my tyre.”

The artistic touch to draw attention to the pothole has appeared at Murrow near Wisbech and could be there for a while. PHOTO: Terry Harris for CambsNews

Very Big Hole – sign written by concerned resident,
Murrow Lane, Wisbech st Mary
Sunday 28 May 2023.
Picture by Terry Harris.

Here’s the link to make a report to Cambridgeshire County Council

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/travel-roads-and-parking/roads-and-pathways/roadworks-and-faults/report-a-highways-emergency

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