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Pot holes

TheCatWoman

Seem to be everywhere, really massive things, I think my car has suffered damage to the suspension from normal driving because they're often unavoidable.

I don't think filling them in is enough anymore, I think whole sections of roads need entirely relaying, so many roads have so many small repairs which have failed leaving massive ruts and gouges.

I know relaying roads will be massively expensive and holes need to be filled now, I think with the state of local council finances there should be more money from central government for major repairs. I know the government are strapped for cash too and have so many competing claims on the money they do have, but something needs to be done.

  • TheCatWoman said:
    I don't think filling them in is enough anymore, I think whole sections of roads need entirely relaying, so many roads have so many small repairs which have failed leaving massive ruts and gouges.

    Exactly. They leave a hillock around the edge which gets chipped, water gets in and bingo, back to square one. There must be better, scientifically tested for longevity, versions of tarmac, with all the modern glues. Surely some University ought to be doing research on this?

  • You're not wrong there Cat. Round my way I think its down to how long they can shut the roads for, before the local community crusaders come out. They seem to fill them but reopen the road so quickly the temporary fix isn't even temporary. Unless its the cheaper material they use to fill the dam things in with?! I'm the idiot that hit a pot hole and then a couple of days later forgot and blew out the brand new tyre I had replaced.  classic Land Rovers are amazing. I love the blue one Vera has on her ITV programme. No power steering driving straight ish, is hard let alone having to avoid holes in the road most of your journeys. 

  • Even driving a classic Land Rover on our poor roads is a chore. I know where most of the pot holes are due to driving, cycling and walking the local roads but even so, I have hit one before in the fog. I had to change the shock absorber bushes due to the pounding they have taken. My arms ache after a while due to having to keep hauling the wheel over to avoid the holes, no power steering just muscle power. I have seen where they only fill in part of a large hole which is pointless as the water floods in then freezes so the repair patch soon lifts and cracks.