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Potholed road with immaculate speed bumps

THIS is the picture that "shames Islington" - a potholed road that would embarrass a Third World country studded with pristine, mountainous speed bumps.

Now infuriated residents of Bregar Road, Archway, are demanding to know why good money was spent on the bumps when the surface is in such a dire mess. The patchwork quilt of tarmac has been described by one resident as the "worst road in London" and by a Labour councillor as like an "assault course from Gladiators".

Ben Harris, 30, a press officer, said: "When I learned to drive three years ago my instructor told me to drive slowly down this road or it would damage his car. That was three years ago and if anything it's worse. The speed bumps are hardly necessary when the pot holes are already so bad. Why are they spending money on them when the surface is so terrible?"

John Hanley, 39, a carpenter, said: "It is ridiculous - they should be ashamed. Whenever friends drive down here I warn them how bad the road is. It is incomprehensible how they can do this much work on the bumps and leave all the potholes. I've just started driving and I hope all the roads aren't this bad. It is one of the worst roads in London."

Daniel Karlea, 26, a plasterer, said: "It is a nightmare, everyone says it. I broke a wheel on my car on the bumps two months ago and I had to buy a new one. The road needs resurfacing badly."

Councillor James Murray, Labour's environment spokesman, said: "This road looks more like an assault course from Gladiators than a residential street. The council are leaving the potholes and putting in speedbumps - it's another example of taxpayers' money being spent on things they don't want. The average person will wonder what planet they are on."

Liberal Democrat member for environment, Councillor Greg Foxsmith, said: "We carry out safety inspections on all roads twice a year. We can assure residents around Bredgar Road that the pot holes do not present a danger. With 14,400 streets, we have to prioritise work. Bredgar Road is not currently one of these priority roads.