The State Of The Roads In Your Area?

[TWR]

are they same as ours? Bad, have you done anything about it like reporting the issue to the local Highway Dept or have you left it to see if others complain.

[EcclesCake]

A few pot holes, I can see little point in trying to repair them unless they are of a monumental size until the freezing weather has passed.

Patching up does little in the long run, waiting until we're in milder weather is better in the long run for a proper resolution.

[jno]

report them on fixmystreet

https://www.fixmystreet.com/

It won't necessarily get the council to do anything; but it does mean that if, say, there's an accident and you want to sue the council, you can show that the matter had been made public so they can't claim not to have known.

[TWR]

I have reported quite a few in and around our area Jno, taken Images, Time / Dated, should anyone in our area have busted springs etc, I welcome them to contact me for the evidence, but they should have done the same as myself.

[jno]

they may have done so, TWR.

[Dinapal]

If anything our local council are too diligent in resurfacing roads around here.A road next to us (side road and bus route) has been dug up about five times in three years just to get the height of the traffic calming measures right. This results in three week closures,every time ,and diversions with heavy vehicles using our small side road as a rat-run. This creates pot holes in our small road which get sticking plaster remedial work.The council (Lib Dem) have now decided to introduce a 20mph speed limit on the other road. What with road humps and speed restrictions on a diesel bus route it certainly blows the Lib Dem's 'Green'credentials out the water.

[steg]

The roads up here are not to bad overall if there is a problem it's usually fixed quite quickly

[jno]

I don't suppose the council are responsible for what fuel buses use (do they have the power to ban diesels, for instance?). But they do have to care for residents' safety, which is what the speed limits are for.

[Old_Geezer]

They aren't good. Some were resurfaced a year or so ago but most have holes. I don't recall seeing as many of when I was young, so I guess our authorities and relatively incompetent compared to my parents generation. They don't seem to be able the cover the cost of the basics with all the public money they demand.

[Old_Geezer]

Traffic calming indeed. What is meant is driver infuriating measures.

[jno]

at a guess, OG, there was far less traffic in your youth and it was much lighter, so fewer potholes.

[paddywak]

The main roads aren't too bad but some of the side roads are that bad that if possible I avoid them like I would the plague. On several occasions I used Fixmystreet and the local council have always responded quite quickly.

[melv16]

Our roads in Sheffield are dreadful. Even the speed humps have potholes in them, I kid you not.

[Old_Geezer]

A good point jno, but the way I look at it, the roads should be built to be suitable for the level of traffic it will have. So blatant untackled maintenance should not become more marked over time. Remember more traffic, more road fund licence collected every year.

[douglas9401]

Re potholes, I remember a report on the news a few years ago about a machine which heated up the sound surface around the hole so it bonded with the material being used to infill leaving a seamless repair.
Never heard any more about it.
I suppose it's cheaper to send out a pickup truck with a few gadgies in hi-viz gear to throw some black stuff down and jump up and down on it a few times.

[Dodger666]

I report potholes at a junction close to where I live via the Council's website on Monday. Yesterday I saw a Council employee highlighting the holes with marker paint. They should soon be filled in. No doubt they will just get a shovel of tarmac put in that will come out in no time.