Extra Government funding has been committed to tackling Gloucestershire's road pothole menace and it can't come soon enough.

The Department for Transport says the county council will receive an additional £512,339 as part of pothole and flood resilience funding.

This is in addition to a £1,485,781 commitment allocated last month.

Last week Gloucestershire's Police and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl launched a blistering attack on the state of the county's crumbling roads.

He questioned why with motorists taxed to the hilt the roads had been allowed to fall into such a bad condition and added: "The surface of the moon might be smoother than some of the roads I drive on every day."

Gloucestershire County Council says it is driving forward with 'Operation Road Rescue' to keep the county moving following the adverse winter weather.

'Operation Road Rescue' will concentrate on fixing the worst potholes first, then patching larger clusters of defects and resurfacing routes that have suffered major damage.

Cllr Vernon Smith, cabinet member for highways at Gloucestershire County Council, said: "This is peak pothole season and our roads have taken a real battering after the recent severe weather we've seen this winter.

"Any extra funding to help tackle potholes is much appreciated, and I'm grateful to the DfT. We spend £3m to £4m each year on repairing safety defects and around £3m each year towards patching works to reduce potholes forming, so this funding will go a long way.

"At the same time we're investing £150 million into our roads, effectively doubling the resurfacing programme over the next four years - our biggest ever investment in Gloucestershire's roads."

You can follow @GlosRoads on Twitter for daily updates on the work council crews are doing as part of #OperationRoadRescue.