A senior Norfolk councillor has blamed the county's high number of tractors and other farm machinery for the poor state of its roads.
Bill Borrett said that large agricultural vehicles were harming rural routes which were not built for such heavy machines, making Norfolk one of the worst places in the country for potholes.
He made the point to call on Westminster to provide a greater share of funding to Norfolk to carry out surface repairs.
"More is being demanded of these roads than they were ever designed or built for," he said.
"The size of the agricultural machinery is such that the roads cannot cope."
Mr Borrett said the solution was not to restrict the movement of farm machinery, but for more money to be given to the county to fix the problems.
"This machinery is vital to these businesses remaining economically viable and I am not suggesting we stop them using these roads," he added.
"But, in our case to the secretary of state, we need to do some special pleading about how this is causing an issue the council is having to manage.
"I do hope we can make a case to the secretary of state."
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