Watch out, fellow Guildford/Woking Boys***UPDATE***

[Mk5 GTian]

Fellas,

The small stretch of road between the traffic lights at the end of the Slyfield Industrial estate and the roundabout where you do a left for Worplesdon is littered with RIM-BUSTING & TYRE-BLISTERING potholes in both directions.

To make things worse, people often swerve to avoid them and enter the other side of the road into on-coming traffic!!!!  

Take care chaps.  

[sub39h]

have you told the council?

[wigit]

not surprised round there as the industrial estate is built on an old landfill site

[Mk5 GTian]

have you told the council?

I am ringing them tomorrow and also notifying the Police as I had a Max Powered Saxo swerve in front of me earlier. If the Police know it is a potential accident causer, They might also put pressure on the Council.

[dan1985]

Only ever go that way to go to TPS so think I'll be alright, cheers for the heads up though

[GrayMK5GTI]

Ian,

Try here: http://www.fixmystreet.com/

It's been recommended by Honest John in the telegraph motoring section many times.

I used it to fix potholes down my road. You report the pothole, council gets an email, you get emails every couple of weeks asking if it has been fixed and you can comment more etc.

Got mine fixed in about 5 weeks  - better than never 

[garrardrj]

When you report it get the persons name you speak to and make a note of the time and day of the call . Ring on your mobile as that is easier to recall your proof . Then if someone does damage their car when they haven't repaired in the stipulated period for your area (think they should publish this on their website) they can claim off them , they then cannot get out of it and will pay the claim with no quibbles 

[RENNTAG]

Thanks Ian,

The recent bad weather seems to have destroyed the roads around here.

[Mk5 GTian]

Ian,

Try here: http://www.fixmystreet.com/

It's been recommended by Honest John in the telegraph motoring section many times.

I used it to fix potholes down my road. You report the pothole, council gets an email, you get emails every couple of weeks asking if it has been fixed and you can comment more etc.

Got mine fixed in about 5 weeks  - better than never 

Brilliant, thanks Graeme. I've reported it using this. There are 2 other reports for this stretch of road, but nothing has been done as yet.

[Mk5 GTian]

Hopefully this will be sorted soon. Got this through today from Surrey Highways:

Dear Customer

Thank you for taking the time to report a highways problem. It has been logged as follows.

Reference number: MG00345142

Location: WOKING ROAD, GUILDFORD

Problem type:  Carriageway Defect - Potholes


Your enquiry has been passed to the appropriate team, if you need to get in touch regarding this issue please quote the above reference.

[Mk5 GTian]

Right this is war!!!!

The potholes are shocking on this stretch. Check the response, and then my reply below:


Dear Sir or Madam

Thank you for your enquiry reported on 03/01/13 07:53:32


A site inspection / survey on the 09.01.2013, checked section of c/w surface from the jcn of Moorfield Road to the roundabout jcn of Salt Box Road and could not find any c/w defecst that are beyond intervention levels requiring urgent remedail make safe repairs, all minor surface defects have been logged for future routine maintenance patching repairs.
Once again thank you for contacting us.  If you have any further queries or require additional information you may find the following page on our website useful: www.surreycc.gov.uk/highwaysinfo   

Kind regards


Bryan Nakiewicz
Community Highways Officer
Guildford Area
Surrey Highways




Dear Sir/Madam,

I find your response unacceptable. These potholes on this stretch make an awful noise on the suspension when you go over one. They are also highly visible, and I encountered another driver swerving to avoid one and entering my path, as it crossed over the white broken line into on-coming traffic. I had to brake hard to avoid hitting the vehicle, which could have caused an accident. either a head-on collision,or a rear end collision into me.

How deep do these potholes have to be before you will fix them? Do they need to actually cause blistered tyres, leaking broken shocks or cracked alloy wheels? I hope you will re-consider getting this stretch of road re-surfaced immediately, or I shall be forced to take further action against you.


Ian Mackay Smith.

[RENNTAG]

Nice work Ian

Keep us posted

[RedRobin]

Right this is war!!!!

The potholes are shocking on this stretch. Check the response, and then my reply below:

I hope you will re-consider getting this stretch of road re-surfaced immediately, or I shall be forced to take further action against you.

....Do you know what options for further action you actually have? At best they may carry out repairs but not re-surface the whole stretch until budgets etc allow them to.



^ Potholes? Pah! Unless I see some immediate action I'll pile drive you into the tarmac!