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6feetdown

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Vinpetrol said:
Same up here . On Tuesday I saw a really deep suspension breaking pot hole in the road in a local village where I had to do a few runs back and fore for the day . On my second run I saw the local highland council 3 man squad filling the pot hole with hot tar , no roller or whacker in site and no jointing strips at all . No cutting done to square the hole up and from what I could see feck all loose stuff taken out of it as they had a pick up with hot box so no room for spoil. About 5 hours later on my last run the tar had started breaking up and the hole was surrounded by small tarry stones . It’ll not last a week . They have all the kit to do it right so why is no one checking up on what they are doing 🤬
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We had similar last winter lane was terrible they did 3 repairs in sa.e patches in a month, final time looked better but shocking how bad it was
 
Furniss

Furniss

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Our roads are mint and we usually get 4 or 5 stretches in the commune done every year - BUT :) this year at the maires speech seems that the resurfacing budget has been cut in half for the first time since we've been here.
Apparently french government (who ever they are) are trying to find 60 billion in cuts this year.
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
V8Druid said:
www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

Local roads branded 'national embarrassment' as new funding model demanded

The state of England’s local roads is declining and the repair backlog has gone passed £15bn.
www.theconstructionindex.co.uk www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

" Local roads branded 'national embarrassment' "​

" Over a billion pounds a year goes to local authorities as part of the government’s funding to maintain local roads – but the PAC’s inquiry found that the DfT neither knows exactly how local authorities spend its funding as it is not ring-fenced, "

our 'lane' ( a very busy access way to a lot of properties and two villages) is in a worse state now, than it was before they slung some black top in the holes and patted it down with the back of a shovel .. some are 4" deep - wheel breakers -- everywhere you go the roads are ****ing dire - even the main trunk roads are horrendous and have to weave around the holes to avoid them :mad:
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for God's sake fix what's falling apart first

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

Green light for four local road schemes

Four major local authority roads schemes have been cleared to start after securing £90m of central government funding.
www.theconstructionindex.co.uk www.theconstructionindex.co.uk
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
interesting FB post

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