A STREET in Paisley has been named the second bumpiest in the UK in a survey of the 10 worst roads.

A STREET in Paisley has been named the second bumpiest in the UK in a survey of the 10 worst roads.

A Glasgow street was sixth in a survey that put the city 181st out of 204 councils, with just 21% of roads problems fixed.

The survey rated Castle Street, Paisley, just behind a street in Leeds.

It claims the road has large stretches of surface missing, exposing older cobblestones beneath, and complaints stretching back at least a year.

Gourock Street, off Pollokshaws Road in the South Side, is described as an "uneven, potholed surface affecting more than half the width of the street" with residents describing it as a "patchy repair job".

Continental Tyres carried out the poll with website FillThatHole.org.uk.

They judged the top 10 worst roads based on the time each had been in a poor condition, how many times it had been reported to councils, potential damage it could cause to vehicles, potential danger to road users and the size of potholes in relation to road.

But Renfrewshire and Glasgow hit back.

A Renfrewshire Council spokesman said: "A £37,000 complete resurfacing of Castle Street was approved last April. In the last five years there have only been six complaints about the road surface, so that suggests it is not the second bumpiest road in Britain."

Glasgow blamed a large number of the low road standards on bad repair work by public utility companies who regularly dig up streets.