Once again, the Minister of Public Works & Environment, Jaché Adams, is appealing to road users to be patient and careful, as recent rain has carved out and deepened the craters on our public roads. To hear the minister's statement, it sounds like the cause of the pothole problem is the fault of the weather and the need for greater pothole reporting, but that is not the case. The potholes are caused by long-term lack of planning and underinvestment in our highway system.