A budget surplus from last year should be used to fix potholes in Powys a senior councillor has urged.
And questions were raised on whether all the cuts and savings totalling just under £15.4 million from last year, are permanent.
This figure will drop to £1.793 million when money is taken away from the total to be squirrelled away in council reserve accounts. "I have residents in my ward that live along roads where potholes have not been plugged as emergency repairs for two years.
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