Reporting potholes, a new website?

[robinessex]

Ok guys, I may have re-invented the tea pot, but! Our local council, having sold out to the county council re pothole reporting and repair, who’ve made the procedure a pain in the arse, I’ve found this lovely website that makes it a piece of cake. https://www.fixmystreet.com/ I’m up to +50 reports now, tally ho, and with any luck, I’ve probably got them to potentially have used up all the pothole fixing budget for this year!!

[robinessex]

Shakermaker said:

Does it have a geo-location app based service that links to it at all, so you can merely snap and send direct from your smartphone which they can then investigate with a specific location on the photo?

Might have, but the wife refuses to hang out the window with her mobile taking pics of potholes ! Maybe it was because I released her seat belt !!!

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bobbo89 said:

That website is the bane of my life, duplication after duplication and it also allows people to report potholes that aren't even in our district!

Blame the bloody government. Potholes should be the exception, not the status quo. With the govenment not allowing the required level of expenditure to eradicate the problem, it will continue ad finitum. And what's even worse, the dam PRIVATE contractors are doing a crap job. Very poorly repaired, often don't last more than a year before needing doing again. Not that they are bothered, they just get paid to do them again! Perpetual income.

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bobbo89 said:

rainmakerraw said:

I simply tag it 'Deep pothole, worried about suspension and tyre damage to my car'. They get fixed up PDQ now, usually within 24 hours.

We used to allow the public to report potholes as requiring urgent repair but because people such as yourself abused that ability and just logged everything as urgent, we now only allow the public to report potholes as 8 weekers.

Who cares about that? Sorry you're on the receiving end of the general public being so pissed off with potholes damaging their cars due to government cut backs, but hell, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Having once had to fork out £1200 to replace damaged wheels and tyres, and now I have a bill for fked suspenion joints circa +£300, the gloves are off as far as I'm concerned.

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