mr_cellophane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Essex
London's Potholes
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mattybain
New Member
- Location
- Cockle Bay, Auckland
That's nothing, look what we have to put up with in Manchester http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8025954.stm
It's going to take a while to fix that one!!
It's going to take a while to fix that one!!
And there are 10000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire ...
Seriously though, I thought the choice of words was curious. I'd suggest that there are worse effects from potholes than "congestion and increased pollution" - like the flat spot on my back rim, for one.
http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/
Seriously though, I thought the choice of words was curious. I'd suggest that there are worse effects from potholes than "congestion and increased pollution" - like the flat spot on my back rim, for one.
http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/
gazzaputt
New Member
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
Old Kent Road is the worst road I know for pot holes and poorly maintained road surface. Shakes my bike to pieces riding along there.
wesa
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Am I missing something here, £1.3Bn for 500,000 potholes, that is £2,600 per pothole. Some will require more work than others but lets assume an average of 5 potholes a day for a 2 man team. £13,000 / day - where can I buy van and some tarmac?
Zorro
Guru
- Location
- Raynes Park, London
gazzaputt said:
I Agree - horrid road. The roads are in a state
even the Cable st. cycle lane is pretty bumpy...mattybain
New Member
- Location
- Cockle Bay, Auckland
wesa said:
LOL good spot, I think I am in the wrong business. I mean how hard can it be to lay a bit of tarmac!!
Actually looking at the botched jobs that normally get done it's seems like it's really hard!!!
And don't get me started on the job the local contractors do around here when they resurface in colour a bus lane or cycle lane. Scandalous.
I am probably opening up a can of worms here, so I will just make my comment and depart.
When I cycled from my home to the Good Friday track racing in Herne Hill recently I felt that the road surfaces got appreciably worse when I got across the river. Maybe it's because I don't cycle in South London very often and so apart from everything else I was having to negotiate my way around unfamiliar potholes.
Or maybe it is because South London is a strange and undeveloped land compared to the wonderful North London with its superior road surfaces???
As I said, I'll leave now.
When I cycled from my home to the Good Friday track racing in Herne Hill recently I felt that the road surfaces got appreciably worse when I got across the river. Maybe it's because I don't cycle in South London very often and so apart from everything else I was having to negotiate my way around unfamiliar potholes.
Or maybe it is because South London is a strange and undeveloped land compared to the wonderful North London with its superior road surfaces???
As I said, I'll leave now.
I think it depends on the borough. 90% of my cycling is where I live and work -- Wandsworth and Richmond (south of the river, for the geographically challenged!). Both seem pretty good, but if I go over the river (Hammersmith and Fulham) the roads are awful, until I get to Kensington and Chelsea, when they're OK again (except the main roads are awful here).
Knowing the roads makes a big difference too.
Knowing the roads makes a big difference too.
tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
It does depend on the borough, Lewisham & Southwark roads are in shocking disrepair.
wesa said:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...very-120-yards-on-britains-roads-1676398.html
Average pothole costs £65 to fill, slightly different figures from the Industry Association with a vested interest.