A fed-up homeowner has said he is happy to go to jail after refusing to pay any further council tax until his potholed road is fixed.
Ronnie Wilkie has become so sick of the state of his crater-filled country lane in Herefordshire that he's promised to stop paying council tax until something is done about it.
The 78-year-old has even offered to give out free champagne to anyone who knows of a more potholed road than the crater pocked C-road that connects the two charming villages of Kinnersley and Almeley.
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The former Ascot Racecourse operations manger said: "It's a disaster. I used to run Ascot Racecourse and know about road surfaces. But council tax has gone up again and I am fed up with it.
"As a local resident, I am happy to go to jail and refused to pay my council tax. I shall also give a bottle of champagne to the residents of a road in Herefordshire which may be found to be in a worse state than ours."
Hereford was recently titled “pothole capital of England” with 25,000 of them being reported to the council last year.
Wilkie said the road has been poorly repaired five times in the past year, the most recent after he went to MP Sir Bill Wiggin's office to discuss the issue.
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Wilkie added: "Some people came and squirted stones in some of the holes but it soon washed out so we're back to where we are.
"The tractors are trying to dodge the potholes but end up putting mud in the road. They are being foolish with public money. It's being wasted when all it needs is a permanent fix."
Herefordshire Council said "feedback" showed "that the condition of our roads is a huge priority for residents and organisations".
It added works are currently being carried out on 133,000 square metres of C and U roads – the equivalent of 15 football pitches – in the county as part of Department for Transport £2.5million package to improve highways.
