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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
I don't know about other parts of the country but the Essex roads are crumbling and the potholes look like open cast mines. Even the M11 is almost too risky for motorcycles to change lanes safely.
I see people weaving in their lanes to avoid them.
The party with road repairs in their next manifesto gets my vote. |
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Shropshire and staffordshire are awful, they dont seem to repair them like they used to. Instead of cleaning the hole out and lining it with tar then filling it and sealing around the edges they just throw tarmac in the hole then drive over it with a van then within a couple of weeks they start crumbling again.
Shropshire council keep saying they have no money but can find £1k per day to pay a consultant to see what can be done about the roads!!
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We in stockport are not to bad most of our main roads have just been re tar-mac an there starting on back streets now but it has caused alot of traffic jams as they seem to of started every road at the same time |
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By *assy69Man
over a year ago
West Sussex and Wales |
"Sussex is awful. The roads are in a dreadful state, I don't remember them ever being this bad.
It's your local council that you need to approach I think"
Yup, West Sussex potholes have cost me over £500 in this last few months with burst tyres and bashed exhausts ....... grrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!  |
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By *ee04Man
over a year ago
Essex |
"Sussex is awful. The roads are in a dreadful state, I don't remember them ever being this bad.
It's your local council that you need to approach I think"
It depends on the road,
Motorways and major trunk roads are the highways agency.
Local roads are the county council.
I did try to claim once for a tyre more bother than its worth and got nowhere. Gave up after sending the 5th lot of documentation to them.
It does wind me up you pay Road tax and the vast majority of fuel price is fuel duty, and then don’t for get the vat on the fuel and the price of the vehicle. |
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The problem stems from poor design. A lot of roads are surfaced with porous surfacing to assist with drainage. In the eighties the majority of road surfacing was impervious and relied on surface drainage resulting in increased spray.
Someone decided it was better to reduce spray by allowing the water to "drain through" the top layer. However this results in failure of the adhesive bond and as soon as one stone is dislodged, the road surface starts to unravel.
(nearly 40 years in the industry) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I don't know about other parts of the country but the Essex roads are crumbling and the potholes look like open cast mines. Even the M11 is almost too risky for motorcycles to change lanes safely.
I see people weaving in their lanes to avoid them.
The party with road repairs in their next manifesto gets my vote."
I blame Brexit. |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
"I don't know about other parts of the country but the Essex roads are crumbling and the potholes look like open cast mines. Even the M11 is almost too risky for motorcycles to change lanes safely.
I see people weaving in their lanes to avoid them.
The party with road repairs in their next manifesto gets my vote.
I blame Brexit. "
There has been such a lack of investment that I am sure it is not cost effective in the long run.. |
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By *htcMan
over a year ago
MK |
Report them, they don't inspect the roads looking for pot holes, as long as below 40mm They will normally fill them. I have reported many all on main roads or highway's and have been filled. |
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"I read that a local council in surrey " For every 10 million invested in road repairs , 7 million was paid out dealing / fighting claims .."
I've recently got reimbursed by the council for a N/S front tyre trashed by a pothole. |
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