Roads In Aberdeen
Discussion
Ian974 said:
The fact that hilton street has just had a heap of roadworks finished on it recently and the surface is already turning into chunks sums it all up really.
Don street is awful, and Tesco at danestone has some interesting craters on the way in as well.
The craters at the Tesco have been filled Don street is awful, and Tesco at danestone has some interesting craters on the way in as well.
but everywhere you go there are huuuuge holes, if at any time you try to avoid them, you land in a bigger one.....Dyce Drive is getting bad now but if they were to close that road to patch it, I might as well just set a tent up in the car park at work because I'd never get home!
I just reported several to the Roads Dept in Aberdeen on Friday. In theory the Head of Roads is going to call me back. I am still waiting! 3 years ago a huge pothole on Countesswells Rd caused £2500 damage to my RS6. I went back out and took photos with scaled ruler etc and then went after the council. They soon accepted liability and I was fully re-imbursed through Zurich Insurance. Aberdeen is VERY bad now again for potholes.
Roads in Scotland are quite bad in general, every time i drive south i find the roads much smoother, even the duel carriageways up here are rough in comparison with the motorways down south. The last three years have been spent driving a tvr then a noble daily and i've deffinatly lost a filling or two 
The road from Kwik-fit to Asda in Dyce is terrible, as is the river front at the Bridge of Dee; massive holes on Don Street by the Springbank lights (gave them a right whollop today 
)... worst of all the Marshall trailers road in Dyce is completely rutted (especially at both ends) but that'll never get fixed as it's not a main road (despite being used as a rat run everyday!)
That said the shire's roads (well Deeside anyway) seem to be okay at the mo <knocks on wood>
)... worst of all the Marshall trailers road in Dyce is completely rutted (especially at both ends) but that'll never get fixed as it's not a main road (despite being used as a rat run everyday!)That said the shire's roads (well Deeside anyway) seem to be okay at the mo <knocks on wood>
Edited by mdotd on Monday 2nd February 01:12
DaveMiddleton said:
I just reported several to the Roads Dept in Aberdeen on Friday. In theory the Head of Roads is going to call me back. I am still waiting! 3 years ago a huge pothole on Countesswells Rd caused £2500 damage to my RS6. I went back out and took photos with scaled ruler etc and then went after the council. They soon accepted liability and I was fully re-imbursed through Zurich Insurance. Aberdeen is VERY bad now again for potholes.
I have the same problem, although the cost to fix is half of rs6 repairs with my suspension. How did you go about it? Just mail the cooncil the invoices and pics of pothole you said caused it? Or is there a 'smarter' way to go around it such as throwing some legal jardon at them with extremely well constructed letters?M
whirligig said:
Don't think it's just limited to Aberdeen - you want to try Argyll & Bute.....
Couldn't agree more. Down for a wedding the back end of summer last year and the potholes on the road from Inverary to Ardrishaig were unbelievably appalling. Beautiful scenery though, eugh, pothole f
k!.
Not Don Street... Crown Street; just before the traffic lights with Springbank Terrace and Wellington Place.
Got to agree, but it is not just Aberdeen, Lanarkshire is even worse! Was down there recently and thought my strut was about to burst through my bonnet on several occasions....!!
My mate and I were laughing about the state of Aberdeen's roads the other day......Anyone remember the MASSIVE pothole going from the Next superstore to the Benson Bed/Sainsburys Carpark.....Was on the front page of the evening express.....
He was in his (boggo) Vauxhall Astra with his g/f driving....He shouted to her "mind the big pothole" to which she replied "what pothole" ???? BANG! Dented his sill it was so deep! (aparently after the paper ran a story on it, it has now been filled in???)
My mate and I were laughing about the state of Aberdeen's roads the other day......Anyone remember the MASSIVE pothole going from the Next superstore to the Benson Bed/Sainsburys Carpark.....Was on the front page of the evening express.....
He was in his (boggo) Vauxhall Astra with his g/f driving....He shouted to her "mind the big pothole" to which she replied "what pothole" ???? BANG! Dented his sill it was so deep! (aparently after the paper ran a story on it, it has now been filled in???)
The A947 from Kwik Fit to Asda as an earlier poster mentioned is shocking.
Some bits of the A90 between just before Aberdeen could do with a top layer as well... can almost hear my tyres crying...
If its any consolation at least you lot up there dont have your roads getting pulled u to move utilities and patched poorly only to be followed by tramlines next year....
Now, is that wee disc on my windscreen costing £210 for road tax, road fund license or vehicle emissions duty....
Some bits of the A90 between just before Aberdeen could do with a top layer as well... can almost hear my tyres crying...
If its any consolation at least you lot up there dont have your roads getting pulled u to move utilities and patched poorly only to be followed by tramlines next year....
Now, is that wee disc on my windscreen costing £210 for road tax, road fund license or vehicle emissions duty....
A pain in the butt.THe A87 through Skye is like a tank training ground, the A851 also Skye has the surface dressing material stripping off in huge patches (and breaking windscreens in the process).
Have a read of the West Highland Free Press this week to read about the A87.
We pay huge sums of money into what used to be the ROAD FUND LICENCE and get roads only passable with a 4x4.......
I recall back to the early 90's when I first started driving up here and Scotlands road used to be so much better (if narrower!!) than England but now.....
Have a read of the West Highland Free Press this week to read about the A87.
We pay huge sums of money into what used to be the ROAD FUND LICENCE and get roads only passable with a 4x4.......
I recall back to the early 90's when I first started driving up here and Scotlands road used to be so much better (if narrower!!) than England but now.....
2.5 bn pothole
article in the SoS today
Hemibum! Watch yer spoiler!
you'd be as well just to take it off now
article in the SoS today
Hemibum! Watch yer spoiler!you'd be as well just to take it off now
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