A local council has claimed pothole repairs by a major highways contractor were "ridiculous", "unbelievable" and falling apart within weeks.
Cambridgeshire County Council said M Group had not delivered "service levels expected or required" as part of the £51million-a-year contract.
Documents indicate that council officials had seen "very poor workmanship", according to the BBC.
In one occasion, an official claimed the "photo say(s) it all".
M Group said it had been working "collaboratively" with the council to deliver more than 50,000 pothole repairs each year "within required standards".
Council highways committee papers stated in March that "response times and quality of work is a continued concern".
This was in reference to the council's contract with M Group.
One of the repairs criticised in audits was on Meadow Way in Wimblington.
Stock image of a pothole
| GO.COMPAREAbout half a dozen small pothole repairs were labelled "ridiculous" and papers indicated that they should all be made into one patch instead of a series of smaller square patches.
Janette Page told the BBC that she and other residents were unhappy with the state of local roads.
"Why they can't do a complete overhaul of the whole road I don't know," she said.
"(It) all comes down to money I'm assuming."
Cambridgeshire County Council
| CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCILWork was carried out on Priory Road in St Neots town centre in May.
The council came out and said two weeks later that it was "not very good at all".
"Areas marked up by (council) officers have not been carried out, dimensions smaller than marked out," the council added.
"Clearly shows where pothole needed repair as breaking up but wasn't carried out."
The council said the potholes had only been completed 14 days prior and that they "already fail".
It concluded that it was "very poor workmanship in my opinion".
A resident who lives opposite the Priory Road potholes, said workers kept "coming back and doing repair work", however it "never seems to last long".
"I'm just concerned the work that they're doing is pointless. Realistically perhaps at this point resurfacing the road might be more valuable than the work that they're currently doing," Andrea Curkovic said.
A council official said other repair work outside Quy Mill Hotel spa in Stpw-cum-quy was "very poorly laid/marked out".
The council's Highways Committee Chairman Alex Beckett said the council was "looking at all options" with the contract up in 2027.
He said that the council was always pushing for "better quality".