The county council says it will repair any "urgent" safety defects found in the roadway of Castle Street.
The promise comes after llanlogger highlighted the crop of potholes which have appeared in Llangollen's main street.
Last week llanblogger described how the holes - at least one of which on the bridge is very deep - have become worse as the winter has progressed.
We sent pictures of a collection of the holes to Denbighshire County Council asking when they are likely to be dealt with.
A council spokesperson replied that an officer would be sent out to look at the road to see if any safety defects required immediate action.
Today, a county council spokesperson said: “An inspection of Castle Street has taken place, and any necessary work to repair any urgent safety defects will be undertaken by the council.”
When asked by llanblogger last week when general remedial work on the potholes was likely to be undertaken, the county said in a statement: "Regarding a longer-term solution we have set aside money in our capital budget for resurfacing works on Castle Street.
“However, we have been holding off from delivering this work because as a council we are currently developing proposals for Castle Street as part of the Llangollen 2020 project, which we are working on in conjunction with Llangollen Town Council and the local county councillors.
"Should this scheme get the necessary approvals, it would enable us to deliver a much wider improvement scheme in that area which will incorporate the resurfacing work. If those approvals are not forthcoming, we will proceed with the resurfacing work alone.”
* Meanwhile, last Friday morning contractors for what is believed to be the water company Hafren Dyfrdwy began an excavation on the bridge thought to be unrelated to the pothole problem.
llanblogger has tried to confirm with Hafren Dyfrdwy whether these are their works and, if so, what is being done but has so far been unable to obtain any answer from its press office.
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