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WhiteGTI:
If I were you Paul, I'd go straight to Number 10...the PM needs to know!!

Strat:
I'm gonna end careers with this! lol

It annoys me that roads are sh!t. I mean its not hard to fill a hole is it! Not to mention the massive road projects with 3 people working on them! Makes my blood boil!

Actually, my seat tread is worn slightly from all the jolting around from these roads!  :laugh:

RedRobin:
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It's definitely caused by the snow and ice and heavy rain - It's called erosion. The sick thing is that the previous repairs have been exposed as rubbish because they can't withstand a few days of snow etc.

It's not as easy or straightforward as it used to be to successfully claim for damage done by a pothole. I understand that you have to submit written notice with photographic evidence and then, following acceptance, the damage has to be done within a specified timeframe - It's a bureaucratic minefield!

The govn'ment has already said it has to cut back on its budgets for highways and their maintenance IIRC  :fighting: :angry015:.

GTIjames:
i hit a nasty pot hole last weekend in london, front left wheel went in to it and with coilovers on you don't half feel it  :jumping:

got home and when I was parking up I noticed that there was a creaking coming from that side of the car which sounded like the suspension  :sad:

went back and took a few snaps of the offending hole - though the creaking seems to have stopped now but having the coilovers checked out next week to see if any probs.

if there is a problem i will be pursuing the scum council or govt whoever it is to replace my bilstein's  :fighting:

VC:
You need to email your local MP that deals with your immediate area, i went through this.

Basically there's a network of tiny lanes all around my house, one of which acts as a handy shortcut to a granite quarry, cue huge dump trucks using it when they shouldn't. Huge holes started appearing and averaged the size of dinner trays and at least 10" deep. on small lanes they were toally unavoidable.

i contacted local council, did a few laps around different departments and got nowhere. 1 yes just 1 email to my local area rep (happened to be lib dem) and i got a reply saying basically leave it with him, cha right i thought. i no longer have the email as it got sorted but basically about 2 weeks later the reply stated that after communicating with the council and parish council and with the quarry the situation would be resolved.

and it is. the lorries still use the lane, with conditions that when holes appear they have to repair them along the route, and as the quarry does all aggrigates they use tarmac too. couple of times a week they cruise all of the surrounding lanes and repair them. now when us locals meet these trucks on the small lanes we no longer hate them for making us reverse a million miles to let them pass

maybe its just local cornish community rules in action, or a very good mp, either way 1 email was all it took after weeks of getting fobbed around

not sure who your local one would be but worth a try, you might be surprised

its although worth mentioning that if your car gets damaged on a pothole, stop, take a photo of it. then sue your council who will by law be responsible for the damage (this also applies to speed humps being too high as long as your car is standard)

they get sue'd enough times then they will repair it as its a cheaper option that compensation payouts will be, different roads have different repair schedules and maintainance forecasts, and get prioritised accordingly, unless damage appears they make take along time to get around to it if they are unaware of any repairs needed or there are more important routes to be done

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