I reported a number of pot holes to my local council about four weeks ago. The pot holes in question are quite big and causes a hazard to motorists. I thought that since we pay silly money for road tax, and being the country who pay the most to use the roads with the most cars, I would have thought that it would take at most a week for a pot hole to be repaired.
Four weeks past and after traveling the same roads, the council have painted around them and not repaired them.
This is very strange; they acknowledge the pot holes but fail to repair it immedietely. It reminds me of Rogue Traders: they take the money (fuel and road tax), the finished product is appaling (pot holes) and they run away. Shouldn't there be a law protecting us consumers where if we pay for the road, and the road is poorly/ not maintained we should get a refund on our road tax and fuel taxation. Isn't that why we pay road taxes in the first place?
I really hope that a new government with a rational mind will be elected very soon. I am still waiting though.
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I regularly report defects in three areas,
Nottinham City
Gedling Borough
Rushcliff Borough
Only the former takes any notice, with swift repairs, the latter two completely ignore them.
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So what should we do if a council ignores our reports. If we pay stupid money for road tax, shouldn't they repair the road swiftly? Is there anyone to complain to like an ombudsman somewhere?
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sadly.. "road tax" stopped having anything to do with roads a long time ago... if they used all the revenue from "Road tax" on our roads we would have the best roads in the world! The m25 would be a triple deck 8 line super high way!
Er.. sorry about that...
Anyway, the local council is responsible for road maintenance and it funds it partly from council tax and partly from central gov.
I think if you report a pothole and 4 weeks later they've drawn a circle around it but still havn't repaired it, ring them up tell them you have just busted a wheel in the same hole you reported to them 4 weeks ago and see what happens.
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... I would have thought that it would take at most a week for a pot hole to be repaired. ...
Optimism is such a rare quality these days.
Perhaps pot-holes are dealt with using the same criteria as s************ placement. You'll need a few deaths at the site before anything is done about it.
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Blimey, why's that happened? All I said was s************.
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It's done it again???
Jehovah, Jehovah, Jehovah!
(Python reference there of course)
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It's done it again??? Jehovah, Jehovah, Jehovah! (Python reference there of course)
Nice bit of halibut, was it?
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Ah, you mean Greed Cameras, aka Gordon's pocket money makers or the law enforcement device that can't attend a mugging.
The rationale is something like this. This is a motoring site; those accursed things are the antithesis of motoring, so they're a swear word around here.
:::shrugs:::
I don't make all the rules around here.....
No Dosh
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mailto:moderators@honestjohn.co.uk
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