A ‘council worker’ who says the local council’s budget for fixing potholes was not big enough has taken matters into his own hands.

Instead of using the tried and tested tarmac, he decided to use Coco Pops and a six pint carton of milk into the pothole, claiming it is only a ‘temporary fix’ until they get a better budget.

The video was filmed in the area of East Ayrshire Council, which has been forced to treble its roads repair budget to £6m as a result of potholes.

The video was posted to a parody page called ‘East Ayrshire Cooncil’ with the caption: ‘Fucking Coco Pops. This is what £6 million gets you.’

The men selected a huge pothole in Kilmarnock to make their point.

The clip begins with a ‘council worker’ in a high visibility jacket, standing in the town’s Merrick Road, pouring a box of Coco Pops in to the hole.

The person filming, who wished to remain anonymous, then approaches the man and asks him what he’s doing who defiantly replies he is ‘fixing the potholes’.

‘It’s come from the top, there’s only a £6 million budget to fix the potholes so this is a cheaper alternative.’

The man then continues to pour the full box of cereal into the large pothole, and as the person filming asks ‘You’re having a fucking laugh aren’t you?’

But what would Coco Pops be without milk?

The ‘worker’ then proceeds to pour six pints of milk into the hole, creating a chocolatey, muddy mess.

When the man filming asks how much money they were given to sort the potholes, the other man points at the pothole and says ‘Well, we got £6 million budget, that’s all there is.’

 ‘It’s the cheaper alternative. It’s just a temporary fix just now, until we get a better budget.’

To which the man filming replies simply: ‘Un-fucking-believable.’

Speaking today, the man behind the East Ayrshire Cooncil page said: ‘It has resonated with people, as for most of us our cars are our pride and joy and the state of the roads are destroying our cars.

‘The council set aside just £6 million to deal with the problem this week. In perspective it’s nowhere near enough.’

It is thought the group copied a video done by a amateur dramatic group last week which shows men from Utter Nonsense Films filling in potholes on the Isle of Arran with the same breakfast cereal.

A spokesperson for East Ayrshire Council said: ‘In yesterday’s Council budget, we acknowledged the problems caused by potholes and road defects, caused by the severe winter weather and we trebled the road repair budget to £6 million for the year ahead.

‘There are 55 road resurfacing programmes in the pipeline and we have teams working seven days a week to repair road defects.

‘Road safety is a serious issue and we would strongly discourage anyone from standing in the road and putting others, and themselves, in harm’s way.’

Social media user Kirsten Cole joked: ‘I mean to save more money they should have used Asda’s own make. Does the same job for half the price.’

Source:
courtesy of METRO

by Kate Buck

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