Devon County Council is calling for more volunteers to join its community road warden scheme as it marks a decade since the initiative was rolled out across the county.
Volunteer road wardens are supported by the council to carry out minor work in their local communities, including weed clearance, grass cutting, sign cleaning and small drainage work.
They can also request training to carry out small pothole repairs using materials paid for by Devon County Council.
Around 140 towns and parishes across Devon are currently part of the scheme.
Cllr Louise Wainwright, who is leading the recruitment drive, said Devon was ‘second to none’ when it came to community spirit and hoped more people would come forward.
Cabinet Member for Highways Cllr Dan Thomas said Devon's 8,000-mile road network was the largest of any authority in the country, and that the work of volunteer road wardens complemented the highways maintenance service by enabling communities to deliver priority maintenance locally.
He added: ‘It’s important to note that Road Wardens don’t replace the work of our highways teams. Should a Road Warden choose to carry out a repair, it would be smaller potholes that aren’t at the stage where the county council would be required to intervene. Our highways teams continue to repair potholes that are classed as safety defects.’
