Pot holes

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.

Parents
  • 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.      

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  • 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.      

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