So, the state of the roads...
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They just seem to be crumbling away. Potholes, although a standard complaint really are becoming more of a major hazard than an annoyance.
My theory is that nothing will get repaired until April when new budgets are agreed.
Maybe it's just our council (Warrington) that have decided to really cut back on road repairs or are others noticing how bad they are becoming?
My theory is that nothing will get repaired until April when new budgets are agreed.
Maybe it's just our council (Warrington) that have decided to really cut back on road repairs or are others noticing how bad they are becoming?
Edited by Mr Wolf on Wednesday 13th February 20:38
king stupid idea, the whole road network is fI think not only is is budget related but until the cold and wet weather goes then I think patches will just break up instantly. When (if!) they are done in April/May then at least you get around until the next really cold snap.
For me Fittleworth near Petworth is somewhere that sticks out as having deteriorated a lot in the last few months.
For me Fittleworth near Petworth is somewhere that sticks out as having deteriorated a lot in the last few months.
My commute appears to take me through a third world diversion at the moment, lots of slushy ice covering the worst potholes isn't helping much either as I slither around on my little 125. There's a stretch I travel on that was resurfaced in November, well the splash of tar and gravel approach to resurfacing, most of that gravel has now disappeared so the surface is rougher than ever, kudos to the council for spending the money on such a worthy job!
Cheers,
Rob
Cheers,
Rob
I've noticed nothing unusual, there are just as bad as they normally are around this time of year. All of the temporary repairs have fallen apart and will be bodged up as soon as the weather improves until next winter or before if they fail earlier.
WHERES ALL MY ROAD TAX MONEYS GO?!?!
WHERES ALL MY ROAD TAX MONEYS GO?!?!
It ranges from an inconvenience to bloody annoying when in the car but move much closer to outright deadly when on a motorbike in the rain and the dark. And I pay road tax for that too.
Some roads round here have conga lines of cars diving from side to side trying to pick a line through them.
Some roads round here have conga lines of cars diving from side to side trying to pick a line through them.
It's that time of year, temperatures dipping below 0, then over, then below. Destroys the roads. It still stuns me how fast it happens though, as does how terrible the repairs are; a repaired pot hole near me lasted on the approach to a roundabout lasted less than a day before it lost it's integrity. Being in a small light car I understand I am going to get moved around a bit, but it's ridiculous when the roads get into this state.
If you see a hole or a defect, report it - all councils will have a reporting page on the website. The roads guys can't fix what they don't know about. It's not practical for gangs to be driving random patterns looking for holes.
The are some rapid repair techniques where roving gangs are effective but that relies heavily on the weather - repeated freezing/unfreezing will very quickly lift repairs. Maintenance budgets (completely separate from improvement budgets) are generally well programmed (by engineers not politicians) to take in to account seasonal variations. But the damage to our roads in this weather is exponential to that in warm dry weather.
Boring answer from a highways engineer.
The are some rapid repair techniques where roving gangs are effective but that relies heavily on the weather - repeated freezing/unfreezing will very quickly lift repairs. Maintenance budgets (completely separate from improvement budgets) are generally well programmed (by engineers not politicians) to take in to account seasonal variations. But the damage to our roads in this weather is exponential to that in warm dry weather.
Boring answer from a highways engineer.
Playsatan said:
It ranges from an inconvenience to bloody annoying when in the car but move much closer to outright deadly when on a motorbike in the rain and the dark. And I pay road tax for that too.
Some roads round here have conga lines of cars diving from side to side trying to pick a line through them.
Somehow it's become the norm to have a conga line, once people get used to the locations of the car destroying ones it goes quite smoothly. It's sad to see 'outsiders' try and take the normal exit line on a roundabout only to pull up into the handy bus stop once they've recovered from the impact. They soon keep in line then.Some roads round here have conga lines of cars diving from side to side trying to pick a line through them.
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