O/T Road potholes

[Westgate Wanderer]

On Border TV News last week there was a feature of Cumbria Highways filling in potholes in Carlisle. The foreman said that it is a problem if water gets underneath the tarmac. The TV then proceeded to show the "roadies" shovelling tarmac into holes full of rain water!! Of course the dumb reporter didn't ask the obvious! The mind boggles!

By the way, coming back from Luton last week I noticed some serious potholes on the M6 around Wigan. Amazed that there hasn't been a major accident as hitting one of them at 70 mph could be catastrophic.

didn't someone once say (sing) there are a thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire? did they ever get filled in??

[Keith]

Amazed that there hasn't been a major accident as hitting one of them at 70 mph could be catastrophic.

Imagine hitting one on a motorbike

[Christies Child]

Amazed that there hasn't been a major accident as hitting one of them at 70 mph could be catastrophic.

Imagine hitting one on a motorbike

I suspect quite a lot of racing cyclists have come a cropper in particular those chain gangers who have to do their training on unlit roads at night.

[Scotty]

I’ll be honest; I’m dead against it. People forget traders need access to Dixons.

They do say it'd help people in Wheeeeeeelchairs?!

[NPL Daze]

didn't someone once say (sing) there are a thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire? did they ever get filled in??

The song title of which inspired the name of Blackburn Rovers fanzine when they were popular.

[Westgate Wanderer]

didn't someone once say (sing) there are a thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire? did they ever get filled in??

The song title of which inspired the name of Blackburn Rovers fanzine when they were popular.

when fanzines were popular or. .Rovers??

[marky No.1]

Blimey, line marking potholes at Carnforth traffic lights - just resurface the lot please!

[NPL Daze]

Blimey, line marking potholes at Carnforth traffic lights - just resurface the lot please!

Can they mend the ones at the top of Haws Hill too I wonder/HOPE ???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#Horrendous

[Sakhalin Shrimp]

They repaired the potholes at the top of Sugham Lane last year. Didn't last long and they're just as bad as ever now.

[shrimperteer]

Where do people stand on the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre?

Talking about it helps keep the wolf from the door.

[shrimperteer]

This lunchtimes BBC News highlighted the on going and increasing problem of road potholes, something that all drivers will be familiar with.

Maybe they should have reported on the absolute shambles of a road that drivers have to negotiate in Carnforth and more recently the A6 connection to the M6 at Junction 35.

The Carnforth shambles has been like that for well over 12 months if not longer whilst the M6 connection is getting worse on a daily basis.

Wonder how long it will be before a few motorists have major suspension problems and possible accidents at both locations.

Not sure if it's a County Council issue or the local Council to fix but whoever it is need to get their acts into gear and get the problems sorted.

You vote for cuts, you get cuts. Can't help feeling that sentence is missing a couple of T's.

I think the popular soundbite was "living within our means".

[Freez]

We are all in this together, remember? apart from MP's who have voted themselves another pay rise way above inflation!!

[Keith]

Can't help feeling that sentence is missing a couple of T's.

"T"'s?
Did you ruin your own joke?

[shrimperteer]

Can't help feeling that sentence is missing a couple of T's.

"T"'s?
Did you ruin your own joke?

Haha well spotted! I did indeed. Not intentionally.
Inexplicable really, as I can definitely spell the word I was thinking of.

[jbcshrimp]

The funding for this work is calculated by county hall, they the add this figure into the total budget and hand this to westminster. The government hand county hall a lump sum of cash to do all the work. County hall then squabble over how much cash to spend on what.

[black morse]

[quote="jbcshrimp"]The funding for this work is calculated by county hall, they the add this figure into the total budget and hand this to westminster. The government hand county hall a lump sum of cash to do all the work. County hall then squabble over how much cash to spend on what.[/quote]

and by that time the situation is much worse.

[Christies Child]

I expect some suspensions to collapse in the near future as the A6 through Carnforth is now very dangerous with new areas of exposed road surface appearing almost by the day.

And still no word as to when the road will be resurfaced, it's as if the County have forgotten North of the county.