The huge crater has still not been fixed despite being reported last year

A huge one and a half metre pothole which council chiefs say didn’t meet the criteria for repair is still not fixed - more than six months on and despite the fact it has caused damage to a vehicle.

The householder first reported the crater in Lyndale Avenue, Edenthorpe last November and was stunned when a reply came back from the authority saying that it didn’t fit the bill to be fixed.

Angry residents of the estate are now making fresh calls for action after the crater caused damage to a car.

One householder said: “We roll on to today and I have reported the road again to the Council - only to get the same bland emails.

“Since then, we have unfortunately suffered damage to a car and we will be putting a claim in against the council.

“How deep does the hole have to be before the Council will put a bit of tarmac in it?

“Residents in this estate have to dodge the hole and it all seems a little silly.

“What’s the point in telling them about the hole if they are going to ignore you?”

Last year, the resident said: “The council thinks there’s nothing wrong with this massive pothole.

"It has been there for months - the entire road is full of them but seems to get ignored. I reckon it’s a good metre and a half long.”

After reporting the hole, near to the junction with Aspen Close, he received a reply which read: “Following a site visit to Lyndale Avenue, no defects meeting the intervention criteria for a safety repair was identified.”

Last year, Dan Swaine, Executive Director of Place at City of Doncaster Council, said: “Ensuring that Doncaster’s roads are safe is a top priority for the council.

"To that end, our specialist teams routinely conduct inspections on all of the carriageways, cycleways and footways that we are responsible for, so that they can then prioritise repair and resurfacing works according to where there is the greatest need.

“In the case of Lyndale Avenue, our experienced officers have performed a thorough inspection and taken into careful consideration the current state of the road, which has some minor defects.

“These will be addressed as part of an upcoming, long-term programme of works that will see improvements being made to the road’s surface in the near future.”