Roads could be closed due to potholes

Roads could be closed due to potholes caused by the latest cold snap, the AA has warned.

The damage could be even worse than that seen after last winter, according to AA spokesman Paul Watters. 

He said: “Temperatures have been lower and the winter has been longer. The roads could take a beating.

“We could see complete lengths of road failing.”

He told Sky News that “technically some of them could be closed”.

New potholes are formed during cold snaps because water expands as it freezes, forcing apart cracks in the road and penetrating deeper into the surface.

MCN is looking for Britain’s most potholed road. Email your pictures to: steve.farrell@motorcyclenews.com