HIGHWAYS bosses have promised action to fill potholes surrounding a village SIX months after they were first reported.

Lancashire County Council pledged to send out their latest equipment to fill the cavities in Winewall in Pendle earlier this week.

It followed local election candidate Heather Greaves claiming that the village’s potholes should win prizes.

The Liberal Democrat, standing in Boulsworth ward, said that the potholes on Winewall Lane leading towards nearby Colne had become dangerous.

Mrs Greaves, wife of Pendle Council deputy leader Tony, said: “Everyone in the village is just fed up with what is going on – we’ve had enough.

“They are demanding immediate action on the horrendous potholes at the entrance to the village.

“These were first reported last October, six months ago, since when they have got worse by the week with not a dollop of tarmac laid down.

“We know only too well that there are pothole problems all over Pendle but these would surely win the top Pendle Pothole Prize.

“These holes are at the end of the road out of Winewall where it joins Cotton Tree Lane and it’s getting very dangerous – it can only be time before there is a head-on collision as traffic swerves to avoid the holes.”

Lancashire County Council’s highways boss Cllr Keith Iddon said last week: “We always get more potholes over the winter due to the wet and freezing weather, and this winter has been wetter and colder than average.

“We recognise the impact this has had on our roads and have already dedicated more resources to fixing them.

“We’re using some of these extra resources to employ contractors to carry out spray injection patching on our worst rural roads, which is a technique using compressed air to blast bitumen and aggregate into the hole, and make effective repairs at a rate of around 60 a day.

“We’re aware that Winewall Lane is in need of repairs and one of the spray injection machines is due to visit Winewall Lane on Thursday.”

Mrs Greaves said: “This action is welcome. We will see what is done and how long it lasts.

“Six months is a long time to wait but better late than never.”