A business owner has slammed the council and says Glasgow should be named ‘pothole city’ after her car was damaged when she drove through one on Nitshill Road last week.
Christine Boluk owns Prestige barbershop, on Peat Road, and is concerned about the safety of her customers as well as children and elderly residents in the area.
The 35-year-old, who lives in the Nitshill area, says she can easily count up to 30 potholes on Nitshill Road and blames them on works carried out by Glasgow City Council over a month ago.
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The businesswoman, who's had the shop for eight years, has contacted the council but is still awaiting a response. She also raised her concerns with her local councillor Roza Salih.
Cllr Salih said: “I have already contacted the council to repair Nitshill Road and have been told it will be resurfaced in March 2023 and added to the work of programme.”
But Christine says it’s not good enough and fears for the safety of residents and motorists while the road remains riddled with potholes.
She told Glasgow Live: “They could do a lot more. You can’t leave something like that until March.
“It’s been like that since the beginning of December and it’s getting worse. I’m concerned about a serious accident happening.
“There was a BMW 2022 plate which hit a pothole and the front right driver wheel completely snapped off. That’s a row of shops with people walking, what if something snaps off and hits someone.
“They have done a lot of digging but they’ve damaged all the road and just left it like that. It’s disgraceful, there’s a lot of elderly people in and around that area who are on wheelchairs and mobility scooters. How are they supposed to get over these potholes?
“A woman was crossing the road the other day and her pram went into a pothole and she didn’t realise - she hit her stomach at the front of the pram. Say a car was coming while the pram was stuck, anything could’ve happened.”
Christine was left £180 out of pocket when her car went through a pothole on Nitshill Road and she was forced to get a new tyre.
She added: “It’s disgusting they are taking everybody's council tax and road tax off them, why in Glasgow are people paying tax for their vehicles?
“You may as well change Glasgow to pothole city. There’s not one street without a pothole.
“I feel let down by the council. One of my windows is directly beside where the main junction is and if something comes off it could go through the window, it’s extremely dangerous and I’m concerned.
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“The other day there was a crash because somebody went to swerve a pothole and they missed it but hit another car. They have made things 10 times worse.
“It’s a strip of potholes and if your tyre accidentally goes into it, your whole car gets pulled towards it. You will get pulled towards the other side of the road. If you’re trying to avoid that you could be pulled into another vehicle.
“There’s a school next to it and it’s the main area. It’s full of holes with buses and lorries going through it, there’s a lot of traffic and the holes are getting bigger.”
Glasgow City Council have confirmed that the potholes on Nitshill Road are included in their repair programme.
A spokesman said: ““Potholes can appear at any time but environmental factors such as frost, snow and rain will have a significant impact on condition of the city’s roads.
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“Our risk-assessed approach to road maintenance prioritises rapid repairs for the most dangerous faults but also seeks to ensure that any repairs are durable and completed at the first time of asking.
“The most dangerous potholes that create a risk to life will be repaired within 24 hours but maintenance for a range of less serious faults will take longer. This approach is based upon guidance from the Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland that is followed by local authorities nationally.
“Our roads inspectors undertake their own proactive checks of the city’s road surface on a regular basis but also respond to reports from the public, which allows faults to be properly assessed and appropriately included in our repair programme.
“Potholes and other faults will be monitored and our repairs programme can be adjusted to take account of changes to the risk assessment for particular issues with the road surface.”
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