Potholes 'the talk of the canteen'
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Potholes 'the talk of the canteen'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39407387
Here we go again
"We talk about it all the time in the canteen, amongst drivers, our concerns about the safety and comfort for our customers," said Stephen Hopson, a Bristol bus driver.
He is one of many drivers worried about the state of local roads.
A new survey suggests potholes are an increasing a problem across the UK.
One in six roads across England and Wales is in such a bad state it must be repaired within the next five years, local authorities have said.
Mr Hopson told the BBC that while the local council does repair potholes, those repairs are not built to last.
"The potholes have got worse. After repair, it cracks up again, and we've got the pothole back," he said.
Every year we get this, with the government trotting out the same old garbage
Last year, the government announced £1.1bn for road repairs for 2017 to 2018.
This was increased to £1.2bn in January to include money from the National Productivity Investment Fund and the Pothole Action Fund.
The Department for Transport said: "It is vital councils keep our roads in a good condition to deliver better journeys for drivers.
"We are providing councils more than £6bn over six years to maintain roads and repair potholes.
"On top of this, we announced last autumn an additional £1.1bn to upgrade and repair roads for communities across England."
Basil Fawlty couldn't have devised a worse road repair scheme than we have now. First they took it away from the local council, and gave it the county council. The office responsible is now 20 miles away. Then they privatised the Road Repair Team. So now, if/when a pot hole gets reported, the Pot Hole inspector has to drive 40 miles to gawp at it. If it’s big enough, it gets an orange circle round. Smaller pot holes alongside side are ignored. Eventually, a team arrive to patch it up. The small hole get left. Which, over a time about 6 months, it has grown big enough to go through the same routine again. Of course the privatised company love this, a never ending source of income, patching the holes. Absolutely no chance ever of getting on top of the problem. And the bloody road is beyond it’s life anyway. Full of cracks a fissures. Needs the surface ripping off, and replacing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39407387
Here we go again
"We talk about it all the time in the canteen, amongst drivers, our concerns about the safety and comfort for our customers," said Stephen Hopson, a Bristol bus driver.
He is one of many drivers worried about the state of local roads.
A new survey suggests potholes are an increasing a problem across the UK.
One in six roads across England and Wales is in such a bad state it must be repaired within the next five years, local authorities have said.
Mr Hopson told the BBC that while the local council does repair potholes, those repairs are not built to last.
"The potholes have got worse. After repair, it cracks up again, and we've got the pothole back," he said.
Every year we get this, with the government trotting out the same old garbage
Last year, the government announced £1.1bn for road repairs for 2017 to 2018.
This was increased to £1.2bn in January to include money from the National Productivity Investment Fund and the Pothole Action Fund.
The Department for Transport said: "It is vital councils keep our roads in a good condition to deliver better journeys for drivers.
"We are providing councils more than £6bn over six years to maintain roads and repair potholes.
"On top of this, we announced last autumn an additional £1.1bn to upgrade and repair roads for communities across England."
Basil Fawlty couldn't have devised a worse road repair scheme than we have now. First they took it away from the local council, and gave it the county council. The office responsible is now 20 miles away. Then they privatised the Road Repair Team. So now, if/when a pot hole gets reported, the Pot Hole inspector has to drive 40 miles to gawp at it. If it’s big enough, it gets an orange circle round. Smaller pot holes alongside side are ignored. Eventually, a team arrive to patch it up. The small hole get left. Which, over a time about 6 months, it has grown big enough to go through the same routine again. Of course the privatised company love this, a never ending source of income, patching the holes. Absolutely no chance ever of getting on top of the problem. And the bloody road is beyond it’s life anyway. Full of cracks a fissures. Needs the surface ripping off, and replacing.
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