Councils To Repair Pot Holes.

[nicebloke1]

More good news from government. KS said councils can get on with repairing potholes, giving 1.6 billion to do so. Happy days.

[Madgeorge]

That should cover the town where I live and the villages around.

Have any ministers ever been out of London in a car?

[nicebloke1]

All councils, all roads, everywhere. This is why the government stopped any new road projects.

[Patsy33]

Brilliant news!

[nicebloke1]

Yes it is brilliant news.

KS  is stuffing the holes not the turkey. <:○)

[barry1010]

But it's going to cost an estimated £16.3 billion to repair the potholes in England and Wales.  That £1.6 billion is a drop in the ocean

[nicebloke1]

Estimated by cowboys I guess. :0)

KS made a start on repairs. Great news for drivers.

[vulcan42]

This is only good news if they repair the holes properly. Where I live they usually just throw in loose shingle, tamp it down and consider it repaired. In a matter of days, traffic passing over pulls the shingle out and the situation is worse. The hole is still there and now there's loose shingle ready to be thrown into a few windscreens.

[davebro3]

Bloke on the news was saying that 1.6 billion is needed for road repairs in Essex alone! And mending potholes is just a temporary stopgap - it's wholesale resurfacing that's needed.

Situation wasn't helped by the EU forcing us to have heavier trucks.

[nicebloke1]

Keep the positive comments coming, its good for your health.

[naomi24]

It seems others aren't as eager to lie to themselves as you are, nicebloke.  You're in desperate mood this morning.

[Pegasus16]

"..estimated £16.3 billion to repair the potholes in England and Wales."

Will this be yet another Labour circus shambles then? (will these amateurs get anything right).

[nicebloke1]

Could we stick to the topic please. Personal insults????

[naomi24]

If you're talking to me, nicebloke, I am are sticking to the topic.  That's my opinion of your OP and the responses it's produced.

[nicebloke1]

The council tax payer will be a lot happier. Great news for all, plus creating jobs.

[New Judge]

“All councils, all roads, everywhere.”

£1.6bn will not fix the holes in all roads everywhere. The cost of fixing all the holes in all the roads is estimated to be around £12bn and will take nine years to complete. In that time, of course, more holes will appear.:

https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/car-industry-news/2022/03/22/pothole-repairs-to-cost-12bn-and-take-9-years-report-suggests

“This is why the government stopped any new road projects.”

No it isn’t. The government has axed a number of roadbuilding projects because its priorities lie elsewhere. The Stonehenge Tunnel, for example, would have provided enormous relief from congestion for small towns and villages in that area (coincidentally at the centre of a large cluster of constituencies held by the Conservatives) and was set to cost around £2bn. The annual hotel bill for so-called asylum seekers is around £3bn.

[nicebloke1]

Asylum seekers? Can we stick to potholes thanks.

[naomi24]

NJ has made a relevant comment.  It doesn't suit you, nicebloke, but that's not a reason to attempt to silence him.

[theshedman]

In that case £1 billion was promised under the last government for pot holes and Labour put in an extra £500 million in the budget.

[nicebloke1]

All good news for road uses and councils. All positive.

[nicebloke1]

RAC spokesman as just said on radio that the 1.6 billion is a great start, because some roads are in a very dangerous state. It is a great start, i agree with him. Welcome news indeed.