No effort has been made to repair a large pothole that stretches across a junction in West Watford - despite it being reported more than three months ago.

Residents reported the poor condition of the road at the end of August on the Hertfordshire County Council fault reporting website.

Resident Don McDougall said the hole in Cassiobury Drive, near the junction with Stratford Way, is a danger to motorists and cyclists.

He said: "The problem is quite serious as it affects a wide swathe of the road, right beside the junction with Stratford Way.

"I have seen several cyclists encounter problems when hitting it and it is at a particularly dangerous location being right before the road junction.

"Back in September I logged onto their website to report the pothole on Cassiobury Drive, but found that someone else had already reported this on August 31."

Hertfordshire County Council contractors Ringway carry out road repairs on a priority basis, according to the fault reporting website.

It states permanent pothole repairs should be carried out in seven to 14 days.

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Mr McDougall continued: "My experience of using the Herts County website facility for reporting faulty lights and potholes, is that it is not fit for purpose.

"Apparently since August 31, the situation is that this is now ‘ready for assessment’.

"Not a great service delivery against their own standard guidelines."

Ward councillor Peter Jeffree added:  "Quite a large part of the road is in a very poor state of repair and it’s been like this for most of the year.

"Several people have reported it over the months.

"There is so much damage to the road, it needs to be properly repaired."

Kevin Carrol, Ringway divisional manager, working on behalf of Hertfordshire County Council, said: "A surface defect on Cassiobury Drive was reported via the Hertfordshire County Council website on August 30.

"The surface was inspected, and a surface defect less than 40mm deep was found.

"This is below the intervention level for immediate action, and as such it will be assessed for inclusion within a future works programme.

"The defect remains visible through the online fault reporting system so that the public can see that this has already been reported, is currently safe and being assessed for future works."