UK faces £8.6 billion road maintenance backlog

[st13phil]

According to this article.

I particularly liked the quote from Martin Jones, the Head of Strategic Roads Division at the Department for Transport who said

"The Department has been monitoring the condition of the local authority road network. Over past years there has been a declining level of condition of the road network but that appears now to have been reversed.”

I can only assume that Mr Jones should either a) Get out more, or b) Learn that some lies really are totally implausible

 

[jimti]

we all need one of these in our windscreens

 

[Adam230K]

we all need one of these in our windscreens

Oh my god I just bought 3 of them

 

[blondebier]

Agreed that the roads are in a very sad state.

BBC News - Cycling soldier killed while trying to avoid pothole

What more needs to happen before they see road maintenance as a priority?

It does make me angry!

 

[abecketts]

Wiltshire is turning into a 3rd world county in road terms, the council is broke and can't fix it. Anyone driving cars with expensive alloys best be extra careful.

 

[BenzedUP]

I hope he reads this... hes a ****!

 

[s500colin]

He's haviing a laugh or maybe he's just driving round one of the huge potholes thinking its a valley by the side of his car