Exciting news today for pot hole fans: the mega long-running saga of the pot holes at the junction of Stroud Green Road and Morris Place is nearing the end game. For nearly a year Thames Water has been hunting out one or more leaks in the area (with the continuing leaks preventing proper repairs to the road) as you can read about here and here.
Around six months ago some work was done on the drains, with new drain covers put in, but the problems persisted.
Now though it looks like progress is being made as patch repairs have finally been made to the road surface so it is finally smooth. They’re only temporary repairs but it’s the first time this part of the road has been flat for over a year:
[...] have a pothole in your road. You suffer from a council like mine and fixing it becomes a long-running saga. You involve a local Liberal Democrat campaigner. They get it sorted. You like them and as a result [...]