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I keep reporting what I state are CRATERS to Dumfries council and usually get a reply stating an engineer will inspect the fault and contact me , or we are aware of the damage and are monitoring it via regular safety checks , and still no repairs get done .
I am just about to put in an official complaint about some craters that I have reported numerous times, and in my opinion are dangerous and a severe hazard to drivers , pedestrians and cyclists , and motor bikes.
There is one speed hump that is 3/4 full of holes and is being monitored , the cars park at the side of it but at weekends we can avoid the holes by driving over where the cars park.
I am totally pissed off at D& G council.
I am just about to put in an official complaint about some craters that I have reported numerous times, and in my opinion are dangerous and a severe hazard to drivers , pedestrians and cyclists , and motor bikes.
There is one speed hump that is 3/4 full of holes and is being monitored , the cars park at the side of it but at weekends we can avoid the holes by driving over where the cars park.
I am totally pissed off at D& G council.
A lot to speak about when it comes to government, funding and motorhomes, but alas that topic is off the table for discussion at the moment.
However, our local council are immensely competent at frittering away large sums of cash on anything other than potholes. So we cannot wholly blame the Wee Pretendy Parliament.
However, our local council are immensely competent at frittering away large sums of cash on anything other than potholes. So we cannot wholly blame the Wee Pretendy Parliament.
Yes and no. If you believe a council has free reign of its expenditure, you are mistaken. It's a commonly held misconception. A lot of local authority spending is dictated either directly, or indirectly, by government and through a variety of mechanisms. Big projects are often direct funded from government level meaning that a council cannot choose to spend the money in alternative ways. When you get to the list of things councils do have full control over, you will quickly find that the budgeting decisions are often very unpalatable. This is the reality of where local authorities are after years of under investment. Local authorities going bankrupt, or getting close, tells you all you need to know.
No, I still think the ability to lose money is a skill our local council have perfected. At the moment, they are scrabbling about trying to find a passenger ferry to run between 2 islands. They had a perfectly good one, but decided it needed replacing, so sold it to the private market, where its new owner is chuffed to bits with a solid, reliable boat.
Meanwhile, our council went and bought a protoype boat from Norway, against advice, spent a fortune on readying it, then after issue after issue, came to the conclusion that its not fit for the job. Even the engineer of the previous owner advised our council against it, telling them it would not be suitable for Orkney waters. But they went and bought it anyway.
So now they are back in the market for a boat to replace the perfectly good one they sold. And they also have a useless boat tied up at a pier, and a big hole in their balance sheet.
Now, if only they had spent that £1million plus on pothole repairs....
Meanwhile, our council went and bought a protoype boat from Norway, against advice, spent a fortune on readying it, then after issue after issue, came to the conclusion that its not fit for the job. Even the engineer of the previous owner advised our council against it, telling them it would not be suitable for Orkney waters. But they went and bought it anyway.
So now they are back in the market for a boat to replace the perfectly good one they sold. And they also have a useless boat tied up at a pier, and a big hole in their balance sheet.
Now, if only they had spent that £1million plus on pothole repairs....
Since there appears to be a few 'in the know' posting on this thread, something that hasn't been discussed is the standard to which roads are built and potholes 'repaired'.
The standard of pothole 'repair' is abysmal - presumably the absolute minimum so that they can tick it off as having been repaired and reject any claims for future damage, but just means the same potholes get reported time and time again and resources are wasted going around in circles doing a half-arsed job repeatedly.
It's been happening for years, surely a little more time spent on a lasting repair benefits everyone.
The standard of pothole 'repair' is abysmal - presumably the absolute minimum so that they can tick it off as having been repaired and reject any claims for future damage, but just means the same potholes get reported time and time again and resources are wasted going around in circles doing a half-arsed job repeatedly.
It's been happening for years, surely a little more time spent on a lasting repair benefits everyone.
Not surprisingly, the majority of potholes appear over winter (freeze/thaw weathering) which is also the worst time for using the materials to affect a permanent repair. This is why you get temporary, recurring repairs over winter.
Having said that it does appear that many roads are being patched when they appear to have reached the point when they should be considered for relaying imo.
Having said that it does appear that many roads are being patched when they appear to have reached the point when they should be considered for relaying imo.
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