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    Ai comuni che non riusciranno a porre fine alla “peste delle buche” verranno negati i finanziamenti

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    1. Expensive_Pea3010 on

      the issue of our time. i will tell my AI grand kids about the Great Pothole Plague.

    2. jodrellbank_pants on

      Spray paint cocks and balls on it make it bigger every month it’s there they soon get the idea to fill it.

    3. BornTooSlow on

      No extra funding to solve issues, but penalised further.

      Beatings continue

    4. MoHeeKhan on

      “We need more money to fix the potholes.”

      “Fix the potholes or no money!”

      The beatings will continue until morale improves.

    5. james2rw on

      Ok, so I have some inside knowledge. We seem to be getting more and more money for road repairs but they still get worse – why? Councils generally have massive shortfalls due to statutory duties for adult social care and the like. They are using creative accounting to move monies ringfenced for highways to general day to day expenses. My council is using 2 Tekal companies to facilitate this. It is all very shady in the way it is done, however, the situation is desperate. The Tekal companies exist purely as a money washing facility…

    6. ArsErratia on

      [The average weight of a car has risen 800kg since the Millennium](https://www.autocar.co.uk/sites/autocar.co.uk/files/styles/body-image/public/avg_weight.jpg). Because of how the scaling works (fourth-power of axle-weight), that’s a +900% increase in damage to the road surface.

      This isn’t a Local Council problem. Its a National Regulation issue. Heavy cars need to be taxed at levels appropriate to the damage they cause. Throwing money at the problem does nothing if you don’t address the root issue, it just leads to spiralling costs when the problem comes back.

       

      Its doubly insane to blame the Councils when they don’t receive any funding to do it. VED and Fuel Duty both go to the Treasury. Road Maintenance comes out of Council Tax. Which means people who don’t drive are subsidising those who do!

      All at a time when Councils can barely even meet their statutory responsibilities on Social Care. Why are we surprised there’s so many potholes, exactly?

       

      Good money after bad…

      Fix the System.

    7. Necessary_Reward2391 on

      We have been fixing the pot holes ourselves it’s got that bad here in Kent

    8. QVRedit on

      Only isn’t that going to end up making their potholes even worse ?

      Maybe some degree of ‘contingent funding’.

    9. iamezekiel1_14 on

      Is the article link broken for anyone else as I’m not signing up to The Telegraph. Am curious as I work in a related industry & am assuming this relates to the 4 year DfT funding block & is just essentially the Government being accountable with funding awards.

    10. Cultural-Meaning5172 on

      Stat reclaiming the coats from drivers causing it. We let them use it in the understanding that they don’t damage it but they’ve been allowed free rein for decades now.

    11. onethousandslugs on

      Focussing on vehicle weight as the metric for tax than solely what comes out of the exhaust. Not just because of the effect it has on roads but also tyre/brake particles.

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