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Fist sized ball of bitumen in middle of footpath

Reported via desktop in the Surface Condition category anonymously at 10:40, Sat 8 July 2023

Sent to Northumberland County Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 4763094.

Large and hard to see ball of bitumen on the footpath. I tripped on it while jogging at 8am on Saturday morning 8th July, sustained elbow, arm and knee grazes but nothing major. I was watching the ground whilst running and had only just switched from the smoother road surface to the footpath to make way for cars. Definitely requires repair as could easily have been a worse fall had I not put my arms out to protect my face.

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  • Thank you for your report. We will review this report within 10 working days. If you do have photographs please upload them to the report. This will assist us in our response.

    Posted by Northumberland County Council at 10:40, Sat 8 July 2023

  • State changed to: Closed

    Updated by Northumberland County Council at 08:32, Wed 31 December 2025

  • Category changed from ‘Surface Condition (Footway/Footpath)’ to ‘Surface Condition’

    Posted by Northumberland County Council at 08:33, Wed 31 December 2025

  • Thanks You for your report. This does not meet the Councils criteria for a pothole repair. Northumberland County Council will instruct repairs on hazardous defects once a depth of ≥40mm and ≥300mm wide in any direction is assessed on a road. For a footway we will instruct repairs at an intervention level of ≥ 20mm. Each report is risk assessed by our Highways Inspection team up inspection.


    Posted by Northumberland County Council at 08:33, Wed 31 December 2025

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