Nope, I’m not talking about Katie Price and her well worn cavernous hole(s), but the pot holes on our roads that seem to multiply quicker than a Pakistani family of 28!
We all know this is probably one of the biggest scams going on between local councils, contractors and central government with regards the money made available for fixing potholes and maintaining roads generally.
It can take weeks, months or even years for a reported pothole to be fixed, depending on the location, the local council, their list of priorities, the budget available and the availability of contractors who actually do all the work as cheaply and quickly as possible, while probably charging the council way over the odd for the repair!
Moreover, there is some general vagueness as who to report these potholes to. If its a local public road or B road, then it should be up to the local council (although its different in the Smoke where certain roads are maintained by TfL);
‘A’ roads and motorways in England should be reported to “Highways England”;
And the local landowner is generally responsible for fixing/maintaining private roads under the “Common Duty of Care” Act of 1984.
But once reported don’t expect an immediate response because the above-named authorities will all play pass-the-parcel in terms of actioning the job. Hence why it could take months to see anything done.
Then of course when they do eventually get their act together they will strip a good hundred meters of road rather than just the pothole area itself. Tarmac rather than asphalt will probably be used; and it wouldn’t surprised me if the tarmac was “diluted” so that it could be spread further at cheaper cost, but would only last a couple of years before breaking up again.
And even more annoying is that once a new road has been laid those cunts from the utility companies will suddenly appear wanting to do the fuckers up again!
I suppose the only good thing to say about potholes is that they sometimes catch out those Lycra-clad cunts on their expensive racing bikes; even more so when a pothole is submerged by rain water!
I do so wish Jeremy Kyle would fall into a mammoth pothole never to be seen of again!
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