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Pot Holes: will they EVER be fixed??? |
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Apr 20 2011, 10:08 AM
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QUOTE (Blake @ Apr 20 2011, 10:58 AM) I see at the budget the government allocated £900m for road repairs.
Yet in West Berks, I barely see a penny of that being spent.
Some roads are horrific; ever tried cycling through Brimpton or along Enborne Rd? The level crossing at Thatcham itself has 3 massive holes now.
When is this going to be sorted out? Just paid my road tax £140 a year now plus record gas prices of now at least £6 a gallon (mostly tax). Can someone take my tax in these cases AND FIX OUR ROADS SOON!! Add Fir tree lane and The old Bath road Speen to that list. Both are appalling.
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Apr 20 2011, 12:15 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Apr 20 2011, 11:42 AM) I don't have a problem, the Bentley just floate over the roadsurface ! Strange. Do you have, or have you had a Maserati?
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Apr 20 2011, 06:08 PM
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QUOTE (Blake @ Apr 20 2011, 10:58 AM) ever tried cycling through Brimpton or along Enborne Rd? I don't know about cycling, but driving along Enborne Road is a lot better now since they resurfaced it.
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Apr 20 2011, 09:23 PM
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QUOTE (Sidney @ Apr 20 2011, 09:38 PM) I have just forked out £600 on my car - all suspension related and damaged alloys - in the garage they just shook their heads and said pot-holes ! Well, if you will drive around like Bo & Luke Duke.....
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Apr 20 2011, 09:29 PM
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QUOTE (Sidney @ Apr 20 2011, 09:38 PM) I have just forked out £600 on my car - all suspension related and damaged alloys - in the garage they just shook their heads and said pot-holes ! My, my.... shook head and said "potholes". Did he have a twin brother who worked there who shook his head and said "Speed Humps...." ? Biggest scam going... If in doubt replace the suspension or blame any slightly iffy work (that isn't really needed in truth) in those pesky speed hump or potholes My brother-in-law works in a local garage and the manager is always pushing to squeeze that extra bit of work out of every car that comes in.
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Apr 20 2011, 09:31 PM
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QUOTE (Sidney @ Apr 20 2011, 09:38 PM) I have just forked out £600 on my car - all suspension related and damaged alloys - in the garage they just shook their heads and said pot-holes ! Perhaps you should drive a bit slower?
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Apr 20 2011, 09:38 PM
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QUOTE (Blake @ Apr 20 2011, 10:58 AM) The level crossing at Thatcham itself has 3 massive holes now. It actually has four pretty massive holes now. Been there for weeks. When I've phoned and asked about them apparently Highways have been pushing Network Rail to get them filled but are tied to when Network Rail can arrange a road closure and diversion (overnight when the trains aren't running) The holes are in the length of road between the barriers so are not WBC responsibility and they cannot work on them. It's all down to the railways on that one.. There are signs up saying an overnight closure is imminent so hopefully will be sorted soon though.
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