Shortcuts exacerbate potholes problem
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Potholes are getting bigger because of shortcuts taken when repairing roads, according to a dedicated potholes website (Telegraph).
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Poor workmanship and supervision is the fault. The hole is not cleaned, thus there is a lot of loose debris left in the hole, then no glueing agent is used and the hole just filled with tarmac mix which doesn't bind with the loose grit. So being unstable it deteriorates again and again.
bob craven Lancs
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As a motorcyclist myself I am forever informing local authorities of wherever I find a pothole. It wasn't so long ago (3 yrs) that LAs were told that a pothole had to be 15cm deep and not 10 cm deep (6" from 4"). That's good advice from the DfT.
A motorcyclist's front suspension is nothing like as robust as that of a car perhaps being some 50 times lighter and understandably more sensitive to suffer damage. I know I have.
Another unknown thing is that the debris that comes out of the pothole and stretches far wider than the pothole itself is just as great a danger to a motorcyclist as the pothole itself. But will the LA come and sweep it up? No they won't, they see it as just general deterioration. But just as deadly to a twv.rider.
bob craven Lancs
The issue of potholes and lack of suitably maintaining looks like it could be a major issue. We have had reports this week of two individuals each having 2 tyres burst due to potholes.
As a rider of a cruising motorcycle, I am extremely concerned about the current state of our roads due to the rapid development of potholes.
It will not be long before fatalities will be directly attributed to the development of potholes and the failure of councils to respond to them.
Keith Doyle
If, as with the Private Finance Initiative and Doctors' terms and conditions, private organisations get twice the money for half the work, that is surely a reflection of the incompetence of the public officials and/or politicians who agree the contracts.
Idris Francis Fight Back With Facts Petersfield
Unfortunately we are now in a situation with no council employees capable of or employed to repair roads and therefore it goes to the private sector which generally means that we get half the work done for twice the cost.
That's progress. Privatisation every time. I doubt that the monies presently allocated to the problem will be anywhere near sufficient.
bob craven Lancs
