A MAN has slammed the state of the roads in Basingstoke after his car "took a hammering" from a five-inch pothole.
Hugh Sawyer, from Foyle Park, wrote to the Gazette to express his dissatisfaction with the number of potholes in the town
He explained that his car was damaged after driving over a pothole within a deteriorated speed bump in Cliddesden Road and, upon inspection, discovered it measured five inches.
He said: "The stupidity of speed ramps is brought into sharp focus when they crumble away.
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"Cliddesden Road, in many parts, is in a serious state, by any measure. Talking of which, my car took a hammering going over one unavoidable pothole. The depth of the hole is actually five inches."
Mr Sawyer explained that he wrote to Hampshire County Council (HCC) with a complaint, but was subsequently told the case had been resolved.
He said it was: "Just another example of broken Britain."
The Gazette has contacted HCC for a comment.
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