Cambridgeshire County Council has introduced a nifty new system for reporting road and pavement problems on its website. Not only does it allow you to track the fault and see when it will be repaired, but it also lets you pinpoint the problem on an interactive map.

The picture shows Queen Edith’s — as near as I could get to the ward boundaries anyway — and as you can see, many people have been mapping problems already.

Two of the little red dots are my pothole complaints this week! One recidivist pair of twin potholes on Rock Road, and a ‘monster’ (1) pothole on Cherry Hinton Road just before the traffic lights.

So, to sum up, the Highways Reporting Project allows people to:

• Report a fault using a web-based mapping system to ensure the exact location is identified and notified to repair teams
• Check on line to see if the fault has already been reported
• Go on-line to check progress on repair work

The online service is available at  www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/highwaysfault. In addition, you can report faults by telephone on 0345 045 5212.

(1) a wheel or tyre-eating monster, that I reported — but ‘monster’ was the word the Highways Department used, I promise you…

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