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Tangerine10

Tangerine10

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Coming home from work last night and hit the stretch of potholes just before St Michaels which I have been steering to avoid for over a year.
Ripped the side wall from my tyre and I have had to replace both front for £250.
Got the bus to Lancaster today as tyres being fitted and there are roadworks active filling in the same stretch of potholes.
Grateful I was ok, but typical that the 500+ trips over that section I get damage the day before they fix it.

Moan over 😠

Thanks for listening
 
Tangerine10 said:
Coming home from work last night and hit the stretch of potholes just before St Michaels which I have been steering to avoid for over a year.
Ripped the side wall from my tyre and I have had to replace both front for £250.
Got the bus to Lancaster today as tyres being fitted and there are roadworks active filling in the same stretch of potholes.
Grateful I was ok, but typical that the 500+ trips over that section I get damage the day before they fix it.

Moan over 😠

Thanks for listening
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Can you claim off the council
 
Tangerine10 said:
Coming home from work last night and hit the stretch of potholes just before St Michaels which I have been steering to avoid for over a year.
Ripped the side wall from my tyre and I have had to replace both front for £250.
Got the bus to Lancaster today as tyres being fitted and there are roadworks active filling in the same stretch of potholes.
Grateful I was ok, but typical that the 500+ trips over that section I get damage the day before they fix it.

Moan over 😠

Thanks for listening
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It’s good to rant ! The roads shouldn’t be allowed to get to that state 😳
 
BIG_BERTHA_3 said:
Can you claim off the council
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You would have a good chance if these had reported some time ago (>22 days, i think). Have a look at the council website and search for report pot holes. That will show the last one reported which they are responding to now.

You could also submit a FOI request and ask for the history of reports and fixes on this hole.

If they are over their service standard you could try a claim
 
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I had same last week having hit a pothole in the lanes between Staining and Poulton
Teach me to take the scenic route home 😏
 
There's some humdingers of pot holes here in Bollington and its terrible trying to avoid them on my way home from work, couldn't avoid one yesterday and took it full force in the wife's car as well, thankfully tyre didn't burst as my life wouldn't of been worth living! Reckon Bollington's biggest celeb @bollieboy should stand for the council in the next elections....
 
Shootz said:
There's some humdingers of pot holes here in Bollington and its terrible trying to avoid them on my way home from work, couldn't avoid one yesterday and took it full force in the wife's car as well, thankfully tyre didn't burst as my life wouldn't of been worth living! Reckon Bollington's biggest celeb @bollieboy should stand for the council in the next elections....
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He would do well in Preston with him being a Nobber 🤣
 
Future governments are going to have to have a complete rethink of funding for highway maintenance as we move to more semi-autonomous and ultimately fully autonomous vehicles where clear, unambiguous road markings and signs will be required for them to safely operate.
 
Shootz said:
There's some humdingers of pot holes here in Bollington and its terrible trying to avoid them on my way home from work, couldn't avoid one yesterday and took it full force in the wife's car as well, thankfully tyre didn't burst as my life wouldn't of been worth living! Reckon Bollington's biggest celeb @bollieboy should stand for the council in the next elections....
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The one coming off the motorway ( and still the motorway and therefore not the local council’s responsibility) slip road at the A34 M60 junction on the bend over the M60 is an absolute effing nightmare and almost impossible to avoid.
Mind you there are so many around our area which are really bad.
Where the xxxx does our over £ 3400 a year council tax payments xxxxing go😡 other than a street light outside the house, the weekly bin collections and the occasional street cleaner is about all us two seem to benefit from.
 
Shootz said:
There's some humdingers of pot holes here in Bollington and its terrible trying to avoid them on my way home from work, couldn't avoid one yesterday and took it full force in the wife's car as well, thankfully tyre didn't burst as my life wouldn't of been worth living! Reckon Bollington's biggest celeb @bollieboy should stand for the council in the next elections....
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The road going up from Adlington to Pott Shrigley is really bad with them,should be renamed Potthole Shrigley.😂
 
bleach51 said:
The one coming off the motorway ( and still the motorway and therefore not the local council’s responsibility) slip road at the A34 M60 junction on the bend over the M60 is an absolute effing nightmare and almost impossible to avoid.
Mind you there are so many around our area which are really bad.
Where the xxxx does our over £ 3400 a year council tax payments xxxxing go😡 other than a street light outside the house, the weekly bin collections and the occasional street cleaner is about all us two seem to benefit from.
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The simple and disgraceful fact is that central government grants to councils across the country have been massively slashed by the Tories since they came to office in 2010. In real terms, successive Chancellors reduced Councils funding in the period 2010 to 2020, by £15bn. Councils have been left in the dire position of cutting everything to the bone in order to protect welfare services for children, the elderly and the disabled.
 
1966_and_all_that said:
The simple and disgraceful fact is that central government grants to councils across the country have been massively slashed by the Tories since they came to office in 2010. In real terms, successive Chancellors reduced Councils funding in the period 2010 to 2020, by £15bn. Councils have been left in the dire position of cutting everything to the bone in order to protect welfare services for children, the elderly and the disabled.
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And more to come after tomorrow’s budget I dare say.
 
The stretch of Clifton Drive from Seafield Road in Lytham to pretty much St Annes Square is disgraceful. Spend more time looking at the road and abiding the holes than looking at other cars.

Potholes are just another example of the lack of maintenance in this country these days. Wait until something is totally broken then fix it on the cheap.
 
It’s just as bad down here in the South!
Cost me £700 for a new wheel due to a very deep pothole driving in the dark.
All I see down here is motorists swerving all over the road like they’re all pissed trying to avoid them!
Goodness knows where all our Council Tax money goes!
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
I had same last week having hit a pothole in the lanes between Staining and Poulton
Teach me to take the scenic route home 😏
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There's a bad one opposite a passing place on Smithy Lane. If you unfortunate enough to meet an oncoming car at that place you are virtually forced into the pothole.

Instead of wasting money on pointless by-passes, spend it maintaining the roads we already have!
 
CAGU said:
It’s just as bad down here in the South!
Cost me £700 for a new wheel due to a very deep pothole driving in the dark.
All I see down here is motorists swerving all over the road like they’re all pissed trying to avoid them!
Goodness knows where all our Council Tax money goes!
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Where does your council tax go?

I think it varies from authority to authority but it’s usually a combination of care for old folks, care for kids, leisure centres, bin collection, libraries etc.

Oh yes and roads. Potholes and all that.

So we have to decide which is most important. Our old folks and young folks. Or roads.

And if you say all of the above then that means more money. Which there’s less of because of austerity, Brexit, a long period of Tory rule etc.

Or we can just ignore all that difficult stuff and have a rant about woke, cancel culture, Muslims and foreigners generally.

And let’s face it, a good hate is always easier than trying to finding a solution that actually works. And then waiting while it unravels years of heading in the wrong direction.

Hey ho.
 
Potholes are also a traffic accident hazard... since so many drivers spend their time scanning the road surface 20 metres ahead to avoid potholes instead of looking much further down the road to help situational awareness.

And fill in a pothole yourself and you risk a council prosecution or at least a warning. Didn't that happen to Rod Stewart?.
 
Tangerine10 said:
Coming home from work last night and hit the stretch of potholes just before St Michaels which I have been steering to avoid for over a year.
Ripped the side wall from my tyre and I have had to replace both front for £250.
Got the bus to Lancaster today as tyres being fitted and there are roadworks active filling in the same stretch of potholes.
Grateful I was ok, but typical that the 500+ trips over that section I get damage the day before they fix it.

Moan over 😠

Thanks for listening
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I know the section you’re referring to, right on the dangerous bend and can’t be avoided. I went past a sign at the weekend which said they were going to do the work mid-April. Guess it’s got that bad they had to rethink. The crazy thing is, they resurfaced areas through Churchtown 30mph area a couple of weeks ago, which were nowhere near as bad.
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
I had same last week having hit a pothole in the lanes between Staining and Poulton
Teach me to take the scenic route home 😏
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I did mine down Mill Lane a few years ago. Took some photos and managed to claim off Wyre council. It damaged the alloy wheel as well, which needed replacing.
 
BIG_BERTHA_3 said:
They did Red Bank Rd last year God knows why but it was OK (not the worst at least) They did Ashfield Rd a couple of years back and 2 weeks later they were digging it up .😡
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Who knows, it does say they scan for micro cracks and try and act before more major work is needed.

Only posting what they say they're doing as saw it come up and it looks interesting, they've managed to do some quick works for far cheaper, so has to be good in that sense. But the amount to do is huge and also it does need joined up thinking with other who dig up roads.
 
Shootz said:
There's some humdingers of pot holes here in Bollington and its terrible trying to avoid them on my way home from work, couldn't avoid one yesterday and took it full force in the wife's car as well, thankfully tyre didn't burst as my life wouldn't of been worth living! Reckon Bollington's biggest celeb @bollieboy should stand for the council in the next elections....
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We actually fill them in after 9 am and then dig them out again for the school run. Anything to try and keep the Macc weirdoes away.
 
southshore said:
There's a bad one opposite a passing place on Smithy Lane. If you unfortunate enough to meet an oncoming car at that place you are virtually forced into the pothole.

Instead of wasting money on pointless by-passes, spend it maintaining the roads we already have!
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That’s the one 🫣
 
bleach51 said:
The road going up from Adlington to Pott Shrigley is really bad with them,should be renamed Potthole Shrigley.😂
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Openreach have gone one better and have badly damaged 200 year old bridge over the river shutting the road from Bollington and Adlington for last 4 weeks. Based on past experience it will probably take 6 months for liability to be agreed and repairs to start. Bit of a drive around and not good for the Vale pub.
 
bollieboy said:
Openreach have gone one better and have badly damaged 200 year old bridge over the river shutting the road from Bollington and Adlington for last 4 weeks. Based on past experience it will probably take 6 months for liability to be agreed and repairs to start. Bit of a drive around and not good for the Vale pub.
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Fortunately don’t go that way too often but we have a friend who was our previous neighbour who moved into a new small new housing project at the top of brookledge lane and Shrigley Road and our last visit was definitely a pot holed drive….the road back to higher Poyton wasn’t much better either.
It’s her turn to visit us next time
 
bollieboy said:
We actually fill them in after 9 am and then dig them out again for the school run. Anything to try and keep the Macc weirdoes away.
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Amusingly they must of forgot yesterday as the huge one at the bus interchange had been filled in, unfortunately it looked like they'd filled it with banana angel delight...
 
But seriously. I have just logged on for the first time following my OP yesterday and am amazed or depressed by how common my moan is. Thanks for the advice and for listening everyone. UTMP
 
The areas on the mini roundabout that conjoins Faraday Way and Norcross lane are so decayed you literally have to bounce along it at walking speed to get to the junction.

And when repairs are actually being carried out how many times do you say to yourself "there was nothing wrong with the road surface here".
 
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The chap who fitted my new tyres was talking to a couple of taxi drivers when I dropped my car off. When they heard the reason for replacement they said it was the biggest and most expensive issue of their working lives. Mechanic said he witnesses the 'repairs'. All surrounding debris is swept back into the whole before being refilled, a quick flatten, a few cones then they are off. Probably explains why repairs don't last.
You are right about the roundabout you mention Mac; I remember it being repaired the last time. Disintegrated very quickly.
I understand this is a first-world problem and some of it is my fault as I have low profile run flats, but why should road maintenance, that we all contribute money towards, determine which tyres are appropriate. Might as well have a warning on some tyres that states "not suitable for UK roads". Tail wagging the dog 🤪
 
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