Your money at work ...

Jethro_uk · 2014-02-21T11:29:04+00:00

Given that our street has potholes you could lose a small child in, and resembles more an open cast mine than a residential street, we had a little van turn up this morning. Throw a bit of tarmac down in 3 places (not the deepest or biggest potholes) roller over a bit and then fuck off. Apparently the potholes I reported my side of the road 3 months ago aren't in the system yet ... and you won't get anything done if you just say "the whole road needs replacing", because it isn't specific enough. Quite aside from the danger of regular potholes (which disappear when it rains), I've reported a couple of very nasty sunken manhole covers, where the tarmac has simply eroded around the cover, which then sinks 6 inches. A few years ago there was a fatality on the A38 Aston Expressway (Brum), when a cars front wheel went into a hole where a manhole cover had cracked and fallen in. As an aside, I wonder how much money it would take to *properly* fix the roads. That's is dig down, lay proper foundations, and relay to take the 42 tonners that they have to ? Perhaps we need a Mussolini-style "battle for roads". AS another aside, having seen a documentary recently that had to visit Germany, would I be correct in assuming that they run some services above ground in conduits ?

Feb 21, 2014 21 Replies

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tony sayer 12 years ago

Some countries have it much worse as this lass from Newcastle pointed out to the S.A. authorities;!...

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Dave Plowman (News) 12 years ago

No choice given the single track lanes oop north.

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