ALMOST £1 million in compensation is being claimed against Doncaster Council for damage and injuries caused by the borough's defective roads and paths.
And council officers have said the amount is likely to rise as potholes appear along the borough's 650 miles of unclassified roads faster than they can be repaired.
Lee Garret, the authority's highways manager told a council meeting one repair a y
ear was being carried out on unclassified routes.
He added the authority was also only planning to complete 14 schemes to improve A, B and C (classified) roads.
He said: "We have been working on one scheme a year. It is that kind of magnitude."
The figure comes after last week's revelation that tens of thousands of faults including pot holes, worn surfaces and cracks have been recorded on the borough's roads.
The council has compiled a list of more than 1,250 road improvement schemes that should be carried out.
But this has been refined to a priority list after the authority said it did not have enough cash to fund all the schemes.
Mr Garrett told a scrutiny committee of councillors work to repair main roads took priority because the government could withdraw funding if schemes were not completed.
The funding does not cover unclassified roads.
A council report detailed a priority list of 130 classified and 196 unclassified repair schemes to be completed.
Mr Garrett told councillors that the authority now planned to carry out 14 repairs to classified roads and five to residential streets within 12 months but that "would be monitored throughout the year."
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