Rod Stewart's neighbours 'furious' after council bosses repaired potholed street

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Rod Stewart are furious after council bosses repaired his potholed street – but left theirs in a state.Sir Rod, 77, was pictured helping with a DIY fix on his road last month so he could take his Ferrari out.He claimed he carried out the work himself as "no-one else could be bothered".Officials have now fixed his road, but nearby residents are upset their streets have not been touched.One commented online: "Funny how that one is being fixed sharpish after a superstar spoke out.

What about all the others?"Another said: "The roads are getting a joke with the amount of holes, ours haven’t been fixed still."Essex County Council said the route, in Harlow, had been inspected since the videos of Sir Rod were posted, and it was agreed it needed repairing.A spokesman said: "Patching work was done in April and resurfacing will be done in July.

We must get to our roads as quickly as we can within the financial constraints."After Rod’s video emerged, the council urged people not to try their own repairs, adding: "While we would like to prioritise repairs to every road, the scale of our network means this is impossible and we have to focus on repairing defects likely to be most detrimental."Rod caused a social media storm previously as he took to the streets dressed in a tracksuit and high-vis jacket to sort the problem out himself.In one video, the singer could be heard grumbling that "no-one can be bothered" to fix the holes in the road.He fumed: "People are bashing their cars up," before telling his followers: "The other day, there was an ambulance with a burst tyre. "My Ferrari can't go through here at all."Mr Bentley a conservative Councillor encouraged others not to follow in Rod's footsteps with filling potholes.The council.