POTHOLES!! Name and Shame.
Discussion
Ginger goblin said:
I personally see no problem going out with a yellow spray can and highlighting all the large pot holes. It's not like anyone from the coucil is going to do it.
I agree it should not be a problem, but in today's Britain I expect I would get locked up for life if I got caught.
Sorry PPPPPP
I know my little rant must have come across as very negative, many of my freinds say i'm a negative person, but I prefer 'realistic', and i'm a fun guy really as long as I stay away from certain subjects that make me see red.
I've just given up with this crazy country in recent years, or more accurately the people who run it !!
I know my little rant must have come across as very negative, many of my freinds say i'm a negative person, but I prefer 'realistic', and i'm a fun guy really as long as I stay away from certain subjects that make me see red.
I've just given up with this crazy country in recent years, or more accurately the people who run it !!
PPPPPP said:
Ginger goblin said:
I personally see no problem going out with a yellow spray can and highlighting all the large pot holes. It's not like anyone from the coucil is going to do it.
I agree it should not be a problem, but in today's Britain I expect I would get locked up for life if I got caught.
evosticks said:
E30M3SE said:
tonyvid said:
The north end of Gunnels Wood Road in Stevenage(just before the roundabout) is shocking - about 50yds of potholes in both lanes. They have put temporary bumpy road signs there now!
That section of road was closed yesterday, so hopefully it was being fixed........ properly.
When I saw the whole of that carriageway was closed from the Bridge Road roundabout it looked promising but driving over it today it's the usual bodge of some tarmac shovelled into the hole and gently compacted. I give it 'til the end of next week before all the filling has come out leaving the holes open and adding to the loose debris on that road. Why the idle
s can't actually close the road and resurface it properly before there's an accident is beyond me.Benders.
E30M3SE said:
evosticks said:
E30M3SE said:
tonyvid said:
The north end of Gunnels Wood Road in Stevenage(just before the roundabout) is shocking - about 50yds of potholes in both lanes. They have put temporary bumpy road signs there now!
That section of road was closed yesterday, so hopefully it was being fixed........ properly.When I saw the whole of that carriageway was closed from the Bridge Road roundabout it looked promising but driving over it today it's the usual bodge of some tarmac shovelled into the hole and gently compacted. I give it 'til the end of next week before all the filling has come out leaving the holes open and adding to the loose debris on that road. Why the idle
s can't actually close the road and resurface it properly before there's an accident is beyond me.Benders.
Top of lancaster road and marshalswick end of marshals drive two major ones.
Mate nearly buckled his cooper S' wheel on saturday night on lancaster road and i nearly fell down the marshals drive one in my car almost across the road!! If a biker came from sandpit lane and went up there they wouldn't see it till last minute
Mate nearly buckled his cooper S' wheel on saturday night on lancaster road and i nearly fell down the marshals drive one in my car almost across the road!! If a biker came from sandpit lane and went up there they wouldn't see it till last minute
Berkhamsted High Street (pretty much all of it)
I wrote to the local County councillor pointing out that the reason the roads sufferd so badly in the snow (both Feb 2009 and Dec 2009/Jan 2010) is becasue the road surfaces have been poorly maintained in the past and suggested that it was evident to me that Herts Highways were not upto the job.
He replied
"Herts Highways are receiving roughly 300 reports a day from members of the public identifying potholes, as well as the surveys which the Council is itself undertaking. With the state of the roads as it is, the more eyes that are used to report where remedial work is necessary the better. A lot of the time only temporary repairs are possible to make cavities safe. To undertake more extensive repairs will often require road closure which requires consultation and can take several months to organise.
I think you are being unfair on putting all the blame for the present crisis in the state of the roads with Herts Highways - they may have their problems but they been recognised by auditors as being comparatively efficient in relation to other counties - the real problem is lack of funding. This has been exacerbated by the recent bad weather, as you have noticed. At the moment there is no central government support for roads maintenance and to increase funding to the required level would take hundreds of millions of pounds which the County cannot raise without significantly increasing the Council Tax which the government would not allow because of their capping powers. This year the County has taken £6.3 million out of reserves to increase road maintenance and is currenty spending at the higher rate ever on this. "
Well, I am impressed that they have a Pothole Hotline and astonisehed that they only get 300 calls a day - they deserve 500+!
Unfortunatly he thinks Hets Highways are "comparatively efficient", I just want they to be effective in repairing the roads.
I wrote to the local County councillor pointing out that the reason the roads sufferd so badly in the snow (both Feb 2009 and Dec 2009/Jan 2010) is becasue the road surfaces have been poorly maintained in the past and suggested that it was evident to me that Herts Highways were not upto the job.
He replied
"Herts Highways are receiving roughly 300 reports a day from members of the public identifying potholes, as well as the surveys which the Council is itself undertaking. With the state of the roads as it is, the more eyes that are used to report where remedial work is necessary the better. A lot of the time only temporary repairs are possible to make cavities safe. To undertake more extensive repairs will often require road closure which requires consultation and can take several months to organise.
I think you are being unfair on putting all the blame for the present crisis in the state of the roads with Herts Highways - they may have their problems but they been recognised by auditors as being comparatively efficient in relation to other counties - the real problem is lack of funding. This has been exacerbated by the recent bad weather, as you have noticed. At the moment there is no central government support for roads maintenance and to increase funding to the required level would take hundreds of millions of pounds which the County cannot raise without significantly increasing the Council Tax which the government would not allow because of their capping powers. This year the County has taken £6.3 million out of reserves to increase road maintenance and is currenty spending at the higher rate ever on this. "
Well, I am impressed that they have a Pothole Hotline and astonisehed that they only get 300 calls a day - they deserve 500+!
Unfortunatly he thinks Hets Highways are "comparatively efficient", I just want they to be effective in repairing the roads.
Personally I think it would be good to organise a Saturday morning where we get as many people together in St.Albans town centre. Get the local Halfords to donate some yellow sparay paint and go and highlight as many of the potholes as possible.
I think most people would see this as a positive act (and support it).
The newspapers would get behind it because it's a good story.
It might actually shame the local council into some action.
I think most people would see this as a positive act (and support it).
The newspapers would get behind it because it's a good story.
It might actually shame the local council into some action.
g7jhp said:
Personally I think it would be good to organise a Saturday morning where we get as many people together in St.Albans town centre. Get the local Halfords to donate some yellow sparay paint and go and highlight as many of the potholes as possible.
I think most people would see this as a positive act (and support it).
The newspapers would get behind it because it's a good story.
It might actually shame the local council into some action.
Not a bad idea you know, I'd be up for it, theres even a facebook page we could advertise it on...I think most people would see this as a positive act (and support it).
The newspapers would get behind it because it's a good story.
It might actually shame the local council into some action.
kingofherts said:
g7jhp said:
Personally I think it would be good to organise a Saturday morning where we get as many people together in St.Albans town centre. Get the local Halfords to donate some yellow sparay paint and go and highlight as many of the potholes as possible.
I think most people would see this as a positive act (and support it).
The newspapers would get behind it because it's a good story.
It might actually shame the local council into some action.
Not a bad idea you know, I'd be up for it, theres even a facebook page we could advertise it on...I think most people would see this as a positive act (and support it).
The newspapers would get behind it because it's a good story.
It might actually shame the local council into some action.
Interesting reading. Have just returned to sunny South Devon after a few days in your area. I thought our roads were bad, and have fired off a few e-mails to our councils, but the roads in your area were even worse, b****y awful.
One around Amersham springs to mind, an A class road, being forced to drive across the central hatchmarkings to avoid potholes that would wreck the car, with everybody else doing the same in both directions. I was so annoyed that I toyed with the idea of contacting your council(s), but eventually thought it would be a waste of my efforts. The motorways were marginally better, but still not very good.
Having said that, I did actually see some people working on the M25. Down our way it is very rare to actually see anybody, although they still cone off all the roads and put up average speed checks. They say they work at night, but I still didn't see anyone at 8pm, although I suspect it was probably a weekend, or the run up to one!
They've even left the 50mph average speed checks on miles of a dual carriageway here over Easter, even though the works are suspended for the bank holiday break, as it would take too long and be too expensive to remove the equipment. Couldn't they just cover the cameras (on second thoughts, probably find no-one has been trained/approved to do such a dangerous job, what with working at height etc), or ignore all cars recorded (at no more than 70mph, of course), over the weekend. Trying to help the motorist, I don't think so.
One around Amersham springs to mind, an A class road, being forced to drive across the central hatchmarkings to avoid potholes that would wreck the car, with everybody else doing the same in both directions. I was so annoyed that I toyed with the idea of contacting your council(s), but eventually thought it would be a waste of my efforts. The motorways were marginally better, but still not very good.
Having said that, I did actually see some people working on the M25. Down our way it is very rare to actually see anybody, although they still cone off all the roads and put up average speed checks. They say they work at night, but I still didn't see anyone at 8pm, although I suspect it was probably a weekend, or the run up to one!
They've even left the 50mph average speed checks on miles of a dual carriageway here over Easter, even though the works are suspended for the bank holiday break, as it would take too long and be too expensive to remove the equipment. Couldn't they just cover the cameras (on second thoughts, probably find no-one has been trained/approved to do such a dangerous job, what with working at height etc), or ignore all cars recorded (at no more than 70mph, of course), over the weekend. Trying to help the motorist, I don't think so.
Edited by tonys on Saturday 3rd April 14:29
tonys said:
One around Amersham springs to mind, an A class road, being forced to drive across the central hatchmarkings to avoid potholes that would wreck the car, with everybody else doing the same in both directions.
Ah, yes, that'll be Station road, its like a bloody war zone down there.The A120 Bishops Stortford bypass is STILL absolutely dreadful, despite it being a major, and very busy, A-Road. The stretch beyond the bridge over the railway tracks heading up to the hill towards the Tesco roundabout resembles the surface of the moon.
Indeed, my IS-F is not designed to circumnavigate the Sea of Tranquility and hence now has a royally buggered alloy courtesy of the above surface. Which will cost me £120 to get repaired/painted
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I would add my surprise that East Herts DC could leave something so bad, for so long, in such an obvious place. But I won't, because I'm not surprised, as this is East Herts DC we are talking about, and we all know how inept those brain-dead muppets are
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Indeed, my IS-F is not designed to circumnavigate the Sea of Tranquility and hence now has a royally buggered alloy courtesy of the above surface. Which will cost me £120 to get repaired/painted
.I would add my surprise that East Herts DC could leave something so bad, for so long, in such an obvious place. But I won't, because I'm not surprised, as this is East Herts DC we are talking about, and we all know how inept those brain-dead muppets are
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