ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
It's over a decade ago now, but I got a hole filled in days by telling the council that somebody was going to get killed or injured hitting it...
I said that I was officially notifying them about it and reminding them that they had a responsibility to make it safe. Oh, and PS - I had copied the email to a firm of solicitors specialising in cycling accident claims, and I would scour the local press for news of an inevitable accident. When I found out about that I would contact the police and the media and be a witness to the council's negligence.
I said that I was officially notifying them about it and reminding them that they had a responsibility to make it safe. Oh, and PS - I had copied the email to a firm of solicitors specialising in cycling accident claims, and I would scour the local press for news of an inevitable accident. When I found out about that I would contact the police and the media and be a witness to the council's negligence.
I soon got a reply email from the council. Tellingly - they had forgotten to delete the messages from within the various council departments so I could see exactly what the reactions were as my message was forwarded from one person to another up the food chain! It went something like this: "Fred - here's another bloody pothole complaint" to "John - get someone to have a look at this when you can" to "Pete - this pothole sounds like a bad one and the guy has sent a copy to a third party so we will be up s**t creek if someone gets hurt now" to "Mick - go and fix this pothole - NOW!!!"
Within 24 hours I had an email from 'Mick'. He gave me an OS grid reference for the pothole and forwarded a photograph of his repair. He asked me to confirm that this was the one that I'd reported. Result! The repair job was done properly. I've checked it a couple of times, and it is still sound, unlike a lot of botched repairs that fail again once a few HGVs have driven over them.