Just 29 percent of residents in West Dunbartonshire are satisfied with the maintenance of roads in the area.

A new report presented to members of WDC’s infrastructure, regeneration and economic development committee (IRED) last week also showed that just 37 percent of road defects reported to the council were fixed within 28 days – well shy of the local authority’s 85 percent target.

The SNP’s Jonathan McColl slammed the figures, and asked if plans to buy a state-of-the-art pothole-busting JCB machine had moved forward.

WDC agreed to the purchase of a JCB Pothole Pro last year, but earlier this year it was discovered that nobody from the local authority had contacted JCB.

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