Gloucestershire wet weather causes 拢2m damage to roads

Image caption, The annual budget for road maintenance in Gloucestershire is 拢15m

Damage caused to Gloucestershire's roads by wet weather last year left a 拢2m repair bill, the county council has estimated.

As well as landslips, it said that 35,000 potholes had been fixed since April, compared to 41,000 fixed across the entire previous financial year.

On Monday the authority agreed to spend a further 拢1m on road repairs.

Council leader Mark Hawthorne said the extra money would come from savings made elsewhere.

"There are some roads that have been badly affected and we need some money to make sure those roads are repaired as soon as possible," he said.

"That's exactly why we have put 拢1m of our underspend in to get those roads up and working again as soon as we can."

The annual budget for road maintenance in Gloucestershire is 拢15m.

According to the Met Office, 2012 was the second wettest year on record in the UK.

In November and December, many places in Gloucestershire became flooded as the already swollen rivers and saturated ground were unable to contain the heavy rainfall.