It is going to take Louth County Council months to fill in and repair all the potholes in the country following all the recent Winter storms.
Officials have applied for over one million euros in funding from the Department of Transport to fix the storm damage around the county.
It will be at least six weeks before a decision on the issue by the Department will be made.
The Council said the road crews are aware of the problem areas but the priority is being given to repairs on the national roads before dealing with the regional and local routes.
The Ballymakenny road has been badly affected by huge potholes as has the Salterstown road in Annagassan, a popular haunt for sea swimmers.
Work was carried out in the past week on the Sandpit road to Drogheda near Newtown Cross with the new hot box machine pothole fixer. The area had looked like the surface of the moon at times; there were many holes on the road.
The county has endured a record level of rainfall which has caused the deteriorating road conditions.
Motorists especially in country areas of Louth are being warned to drive carefully.
