Reform UK-led Staffordshire County Council has broken the record for the most pothole repairs in the county in a single month.
Highways crews repaired 5,067 defects in September, more than double the 2,498 fixed in September last year, and the first time the authority has passed 5,000 repairs in one month.
The council says the milestone puts it on track for its target of 40,000 potholes repaired by the end of March 2027, under the “Roadmap to a Better Network” set out after Reform took control of the authority in May 2025.
Crews made the most of settled September weather, extra capacity on the network, and faster repair methods such as screeding and velocity patching, which cleans, seals and fills suitable defects in a single operation.
The work sits alongside an extra £15 million over two years aimed at the backlog of lower-level potholes, on top of the safety defects that are still prioritised within 24 hours or seven days.
Councillor Peter Mason, Cabinet Member for Strategic Highways, said the figures showed what could be achieved through hard work, new methods and making the most of every opportunity, and that repairing more than 5,000 potholes in a month was a major achievement.
Reform has described the September total as further evidence it is clearing the backlog it inherited: less talk, more tarmac.