In the UK we drive on the left of the road
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In the UK we drive on the left of the road
In Wigan we drive on what's left of the road
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We need a pot hole filler
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I don't know where that is but it's as bad as it gets !!!!.
I don't think there's anywhere either local or in the UK that doesn't have a road somewhere like that,and it's all the fault of our poor under funded cash strapped councils !!!!
Don't you feel sorry for the stupid inefficient load of money wasters !!!! NO
I don't think there's anywhere either local or in the UK that doesn't have a road somewhere like that,and it's all the fault of our poor under funded cash strapped councils !!!!
Don't you feel sorry for the stupid inefficient load of money wasters !!!! NO
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I took the pic from the internet RMJ. There are pot holes in every town just like that.
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Standish
Take, for instance, Quaker’s Place at Standish, a section of which is unadopted and has some very deep potholes. Councillors and residents have been campaigning for years for these to be filled in, not only because they can cause vehicle damage but also because motorists are then inclined to mount kerbs to avoid them and so endanger pedestrians. The road is well used by Wood Fold Primary school run parents.
But there remains confusion as to who owns the land in question. Residents say that they thought it was the “Electricity Board”.
A spokesperson for Electricity North West told Wigan Today confirmed it had owned the land around the substation but it was transferred to Wigan Council in the 1970s!
https://www.wigantoday.net/news/transport/road-repairs-wigan-council-spending-seven-figure-sum-repairing-potholes-4573348
Take, for instance, Quaker’s Place at Standish, a section of which is unadopted and has some very deep potholes. Councillors and residents have been campaigning for years for these to be filled in, not only because they can cause vehicle damage but also because motorists are then inclined to mount kerbs to avoid them and so endanger pedestrians. The road is well used by Wood Fold Primary school run parents.
But there remains confusion as to who owns the land in question. Residents say that they thought it was the “Electricity Board”.
A spokesperson for Electricity North West told Wigan Today confirmed it had owned the land around the substation but it was transferred to Wigan Council in the 1970s!
https://www.wigantoday.net/news/transport/road-repairs-wigan-council-spending-seven-figure-sum-repairing-potholes-4573348
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We have a similar problem here about who owns the land. It's been going on for years.
Needless to say I've not used that stretch road for years.
Needless to say I've not used that stretch road for years.
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Lolly wrote:I took the pic from the internet RMJ. There are pot holes in every town just like that.
I can think of one road in the UK that does not have a pothole.... I've driven, or rather ridden it many times and the surface has always been perfect.
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Would you ever fly if runways were left to get in that condition?
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I was reading yesterday of the obscene amounts GB sends all round the world to places like China, Pakistan, India etc. if they were to stop pretending they are still a world power and spent that money on roads for example the problem would be solved. The amounts distributed would pay for lots more problems to be remedied. Our roads in Canada get hammered but in Calgary, where temps differ by as much as seventy degrees between seasons , they have a rolling programme to resurface most roads. Expensive but necessary.
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Broady wrote:I was reading yesterday of the obscene amounts GB sends all round the world to places like China, Pakistan, India etc. if they were to stop pretending they are still a world power and spent that money on roads for example the problem would be solved. The amounts distributed would pay for lots more problems to be remedied. Our roads in Canada get hammered but in Calgary, where temps differ by as much as seventy degrees between seasons , they have a rolling programme to resurface most roads. Expensive but necessary.
The overseas aid budget was cut in 2021
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And?.?? Are they still doling monies out all over the world? Even at a reduced rate.
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