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An ballsy graffiti artist is hoping to fix the problem of potholes in their town by spray-painting a giant penis over every one they see.

It is believed the unknown pothole vigilante has painted massive white penises over broken craters in roads around Harlow, Essex, in an x-rated attempt to get Essex County Council to take action.

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Pictures taken on one of the worst affected roads, Howard Way, shows several penises popping up along one short stretch of tarmac.

The identity of the artist remains a mystery, but their work is recognisable by the caption of ‘fix me’ written alongside each of the many phallic drawings.




Last week, it was revealed that the amount of money spent repairing individual potholes has dropped by almost £15 million in three years.

The vigilante has painted massive white genitals around a number of potholes in Harlow, Essex, in what appears to be a call for Essex County Council to take action (Picture: Essex Live/BPM Media)

Pothole damage on the A12 near Chelmsford in Essex caused six vehicle blow outs in one evening last month.

The council managed to see the inventive side of the anonymous penis artist’s work, but said there were safer ways to get its attention.

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A spokesperson for Essex County Council said: ‘We welcome people drawing our attention to potholes and this sort of creative approach has cropped up in other parts of the country, but reporting them on our website is a far more effective and much safer way of sorting out potholes than drawing a part of the male anatomy around them.’

In 2016, another pothole campaigner was nicknamed ‘Wanksy’ for starting their own less-than-subtle protest against the tarmac destruction.

Wanksy, whose Facebook profile has over 26,000 likes, takes ‘direct action by using art to highlight the dangerous potholes that damage our vehicles and harm cyclists on a daily basis’.

The genital graffiti did not impress everyone though, with one resident in Bricklow, Gloucestershire saying ‘It’s not very imaginative is it?’