Theres the obvious corruption here but just to point out repairing individual potholes does not fix the underlying problems that cause them, and prevention is always cheaper than cures.

The three problems are:

• cars are 25% heavier and car use has increased
• climate change has increased extreme temperatures and given more up and down cycles over a year, especially freeze/thaw cycles
• councils are chronically underfunded so go for the cheapest possible repairs done less often