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Hole in council repair budgets brings warning of road closures

For motorists inured to the dilapidated state of Scotland’s local road network, last winter showed that things could still get worse.

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Damien Henderson, Transport Correspondent damien.henderson@theherald.co.uk

But just how much worse is something the public may not yet be braced for.

The damage caused by the effect of ice on cracks in the road surface -- often transforming them into substantial potholes -- is yet to be officially

tallied.