Council plays whack-a-mole with 51 potholes rather than resurface the lot

There are a total of 51 patches of tarmac at the junction of Aberdeen and Brookland Avenues (Picture: SWSN) At the end of Aberdeen Avenue in Cambridge, there is a patchwork quilt made of tarmac. But there’s nothing comfortable about it – you certainly can’t use it as a blanket and riding it on a bike without suspension can be a little bumpy. That’s because this patchwork is a hodgepodge of repairs that the local council has repaired as they appeared. In other words, the council has been playing a game of whack-a-mole with the road surface. Residents near the junction with Brooklands Avenue have counted a total of 51 repairs, leading to calls for a longer-lasting solution – and prompting questions about why the road has been patched so many times. Some residents have questioned whether repa