Staffordshire highways crews filled 4,750 potholes in July, more than any other month in the past five years, as the Reform-led administration steps up work to tackle the county's historic highways backlog.
The July total is also significantly higher than the same month last year, when 3,583 defects were repaired.
The figures come as Staffordshire County Council works towards its target of repairing 40,000 potholes by the end of March 2027, supported by dedicated funding, extra crews and faster repair methods.
The Reform UK Staffordshire County Council Group says the figures show highways work has not stopped and that the council is now targeting the lower-level defects residents have been raising for years.
Cllr Peter Mason, Cabinet Member for Strategic Highways said:
"July's repair figures show our highways teams are delivering at pace."
"The key difference now is that we are not only reacting to the most urgent defects. We are also going after lower-level potholes and road defects before they become bigger problems."
"Our Roadmap to a Better Network means better planning, a whole-road approach where possible and better coordination to reduce disruption for residents."
"There is a lot of work ahead, but the direction is clear: fix the roads, protect the network and reduce the backlog."
The focus is not only on urgent safety defects, but also on the lower-level potholes and road defects that have blighted communities and built into a growing backlog over recent years.
The council's Roadmap to a Better Network sets out a change in approach, focused on fixing more roads, reducing the backlog, improving value for money and keeping Staffordshire moving.
The wider highways programme also includes £22 million in preventative treatments, delivering around 1.5 million square metres of work, and £15 million in full reconstruction schemes, delivering around 57,000 square metres of rebuild.
A further £3.1 million is being invested in footway repairs, restarting maintenance work after a number of years of suspension and delivering around 74km of footway dressing this year.
The Reform UK Staffordshire County Council Group says the highways programme demonstrates a clear shift from talking about the problem to delivering visible action on the ground.
