MOTORISTS whose vehicles have been damaged by potholes have requested more than 1.1 million from ￡ Surrey County Council.
Figures published by the freedom of information Act show that, during the past three years, the Commission received 6,630 claims following damage caused by holes in the route.Des these 930, about one in seven, leads to the compensation paid.
This means for the past three years, ￡ 1,171,640 taxpayers money spent on motorists to damage compensation and pay court costs.
Claims more concerned all boroughs of Surrey Road Tandridge, damage to 1 384.Elmbridge Waverley and Guildford strongly marked with 821, claims 882 707 respectively.
Most compensation, however, related to roads in Reigate and Banstead, with 207 claims costs ￡ 236,334 authority.
The figures were released in the same week in which cabinet agreed to take ￡ 700,000 budget this year repairs to adjust the number of spiral of insurance claims.
It is sufficient to pay for road covering ten miles of road surface wrapping, the equivalent of Cobham in Guildford road repairs.
Passage through the Council of Ministers of the Surrey County Council has been described by a member of the Association and the Independent Group Hall County residents as the ultimate "robbing Pierre to pay Paul" political decision.
Instead of repairs, the money will be ploughed in a budget to pay automobile insurance claims.This year the Council should pay ￡ 1.3 million successful applications from motorists resulting pothole ravaged by roads in Surrey.
Association Advisor Eber citizens Kington said: "it is ridiculous to robbing Peter to pay Paul policy where are taxpayers and Surrey, motorists who are current salary stolen and penalized the mismanagement of the roads by curators from the recent County Council."
"Silver drainage repairs budget to pay insurance claims is short seeing that it is practically incroyable.Le makes these incessant claims seems to have surprised the Conservative Government, but the rate of requests increased by eight times in just four years."
"With a multi-million dollar new roads because before to be signed contract the new year, it fills me filled with thinking about what the future might hold when we see such decision-making."
Surrey County Council spokesman stated that insurance claims increased due to a severe winter last year, which has caused much damage to the roads.
"We've been working hard to find funding for our additional winter maintenance and has recently announced an additional $ million books to finance a doubling of salt, stocks of extra salting tracks and more than 20 miles added to the network of salt," said spokesman.
"After years of underfunding of the Government, it will take hundreds of millions of pounds road to zero, but we do all our best to achieve this objectif.Nous are confident that our new contract Road starting next March will be a greater value for money for investment, we are now able to do."
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