This is the kind of thing the government should just pay for with bonds. Potholes cost the UK economy £14.7 billion a year. We would make the money back in 15 months.
Borrowing when you have a guaranteed return is sensible finance.
wjw75 on
The price of all infrastructure works is so high, because scummy contractors will write any number they please on a piece of paper, then our staggeringly inept council workers will just unquestioningly rubber stamp it.
Similarly the quality of the work is so low, because no one in the council bothers to quality check it, nor would they be remotely capable of challenging the contractor.
And that’s not even counting the councils where the contract goes straight to the cousin/brother in law etc.
LegoNinja11 on
“Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA)” should accept that their product isnt fit for modern traffic requirements and that they only exist to ensure their members are provided with a continuous stream of new repair jobs.
Scandinavian countries dont use the same construction methods we use.
Sir_Henry_Deadman on
I’m sure If there was some legislation that repairs need to last X amount of time or they replace it for free
Stuff would survive longer
Other countries don’t have these issues, granted smaller countries less people/cars/roads but there has to be better fix by now some sort of road material that allows it to move and expand and expel water or something
Lumpy-Score3206 on
The government could legalise cannabis to help with this issue. Estimated £2 Billion+ market that they leave in control of gangs and criminals. No brainer if they’re struggling for cash.
IndependentOpinion44 on
We recently has a water mains burst nearby. The road was closed for a couple of days. They had to dig down, fix it, then resurface the road they tore up.
Right next to where they resurfaced there’s a bunch of pot holes. Literally butting up against the resurfaced area.
Why? Because the private company doing the work did the absolute minimum they were paid to do.
There was an opportunity to fix the potholes while the road was closed and the people and materials were on site. But no. Instead that will have to be another job. Another road closure.
It’s about as inefficient a system as anyone could come up with.
Privatisation has bled this country dry. Councils need their own teams to plan and do this work efficiently. There’s more than enough work for them to do.
ken-doh on
Stop filling potholes and resurface the damn roads.
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That’s because they keep filling potholes with crumbly cheese they’ve dyed black.
All the repair jobs round our way need doing again within a month and are always slightly proud to the road surface
We have had roads for cars for a century.
You know what’s going to happen when we fill these in?
More will appear.
Are there road surface options that cost a bit more but last longer? Maybe we use those.
But I’m sure there is an accountant that can do a bit of math to figure out what is a more efficient long term cost.
Reporting what the current holes will cost right now seems a bit pointless.
What’s the alternative? Don’t fill them in?
And they will just open back up again.
Because the way we build streets is wrong.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1kV6V_jvI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1kV6V_jvI)
This is the kind of thing the government should just pay for with bonds. Potholes cost the UK economy £14.7 billion a year. We would make the money back in 15 months.
Borrowing when you have a guaranteed return is sensible finance.
The price of all infrastructure works is so high, because scummy contractors will write any number they please on a piece of paper, then our staggeringly inept council workers will just unquestioningly rubber stamp it.
Similarly the quality of the work is so low, because no one in the council bothers to quality check it, nor would they be remotely capable of challenging the contractor.
And that’s not even counting the councils where the contract goes straight to the cousin/brother in law etc.
“Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA)” should accept that their product isnt fit for modern traffic requirements and that they only exist to ensure their members are provided with a continuous stream of new repair jobs.
Scandinavian countries dont use the same construction methods we use.
I’m sure If there was some legislation that repairs need to last X amount of time or they replace it for free
Stuff would survive longer
Other countries don’t have these issues, granted smaller countries less people/cars/roads but there has to be better fix by now some sort of road material that allows it to move and expand and expel water or something
The government could legalise cannabis to help with this issue. Estimated £2 Billion+ market that they leave in control of gangs and criminals. No brainer if they’re struggling for cash.
We recently has a water mains burst nearby. The road was closed for a couple of days. They had to dig down, fix it, then resurface the road they tore up.
Right next to where they resurfaced there’s a bunch of pot holes. Literally butting up against the resurfaced area.
Why? Because the private company doing the work did the absolute minimum they were paid to do.
There was an opportunity to fix the potholes while the road was closed and the people and materials were on site. But no. Instead that will have to be another job. Another road closure.
It’s about as inefficient a system as anyone could come up with.
Privatisation has bled this country dry. Councils need their own teams to plan and do this work efficiently. There’s more than enough work for them to do.
Stop filling potholes and resurface the damn roads.