Dislike?cycle tramp wrote: ↑17 Jan 2025, 7:06am Yes you have done, indeed reading from your posts it feels that you have at least a personal dislike for your council - but strangely, not your councillor. Did you vote for them?
Having worked on the telephones for road repairs, my quote which you used in the above post, was based on personal experience. You said that it was 'not right at all and that you would see truth told' - but failed to give any reason for your own statement. What is your understanding of the situation?
At this stage, if I was still working, is to suggest that you raise an official complaint about the situation, to the council.
Again, if the councillor sees this problem evert day, the question remains, given that they are a councillor and have powers to table meetings and agendas, and no doubt speak with other councillors, what are they doing about it?
Whatever gave you that impression.
It is true to say I think the Highways Dept are incompetent, inefficient and waste lots of money though.
You must ask the councillor fellow himself as to why such a problem continues, year after year.
He knows about it, sees the grid every day- it's but 30 yds from his front door!
It's probably considered easier just to apply salt, cost not being a factor.
But it is the economics of the madhouse.
Perhaps I'll go clear the grid today!!
But I'll need to take the car to carry the tools.
And no-one else will follow my example, that is a lesson I have learned.
The problem of under maintenance of small roads is rife, it would seem.
Quite near at hand they have a novel solution; "Pothole Tours"!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62q74xyq15o