{"id":4573,"date":"2026-05-04T23:52:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/potholes-fuel-voter-frustration-before-elections-so-what-can-be-done\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:52:37","slug":"potholes-fuel-voter-frustration-before-elections-so-what-can-be-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/potholes-fuel-voter-frustration-before-elections-so-what-can-be-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Potholes fuel voter frustration before elections &#8211; so what can be done?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Potholes fuel voter frustration before elections &#8211; so what can be done?<\/p>\n<p><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CDwTu7.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 HooNV\">After they highlighted the backlog, the LGA said longer-term funding would help councils &#8220;more effectively plan for future maintenance schemes, focusing more on preventative measures, which will ultimately save the taxpayer money and reduce the need for repairs, and able to invest in innovation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Published at Mon, 04 May 2026 23:07:17 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potholes fuel voter frustration before elections &#8211; so what can be done? After they highlighted the backlog, the LGA said longer-term funding would help councils &#8220;more effectively plan for future maintenance schemes, focusing more on preventative measures, which will ultimately save the taxpayer money and reduce the need for repairs, and able to invest in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/potholes-fuel-voter-frustration-before-elections-so-what-can-be-done\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Potholes fuel voter frustration before elections &#8211; so what can be done?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk-politics","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}