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A DRIVER told how potholes are so big near her home she can even lie down in one.
Sam Aitken, 56, branded the stretch of the B7068 outside Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire “crazy”.
And she says the crater-strewn surface hasn’t been fixed despite years of complaints.
Ms Aitken and her neighbours have had to fork out for repairs to their cars that have been damaged by the potholes.
Sam, of nearby Bankshill, said: “I’ve got two dented wheel rims, one of my neighbours has cracked two alloys. Another neighbour dented a wheel rim and he’s constantly pumping his tyre up.
“Short of taking a 10-mile detour, this stretch of road is unavoidable.
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“On some parts there are potholes across the entire width. Some of them are so bad I can lie down in them.”
The local authority did repair a small stretch of the road several months ago but that caused confusion to locals.
Ms Aitken said: “The council resurfaced parts of it a while ago at Scroggs Bridge which baffled people around here because it wasn’t anywhere near the worst part of the road.
Some of the potholes have been filled on occasion but they’re never sealed and the quick-fix lasts a few weeks before it starts again.
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“Being rural we get a lot of tractors and lorries going up and down. It needs to be properly maintained.
“We’ve been complaining about this for years. What do we have to do to warrant the council making an effort?”
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Meanwhile in Glasgow, the junction of Anniesland Road and Helensburgh Drive is pockmarked with what looks like years of failed patch-up jobs.
Driver Shelagh Ferguson, who suffered wheel damage, said: “It has been horrendous these last two years during lockdown.”
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