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Title: potty about potholes!
Post by: albitz on 24 February 2008, 14:58:21
read in the telegraph yesterday that councils spend approx.£35million per year repairing potholes,and the amount they pay out per year in compensation for pothole damage is...............£65 million :o :o :o wtf is that about .
Title: Re: potty about potholes!
Post by: Golfbuddy on 24 February 2008, 20:53:22
Just a guess on the figures but, I wouldn't be surprised if they spent the whole £100million on repairing potholes, they'd still have to spend another £65million on compensation claims for the ones they had missed.  :-/
Title: Re: potty about potholes!
Post by: Markie on 24 February 2008, 20:58:31
i went through one sooooo big last week in Glasgow city centre it put my interior light onand my tc button flashed on and off  :-/

Im really surprised there was no lasting damage  :o or i would be claiming....

Title: Re: potty about potholes!
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 24 February 2008, 21:01:48
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i went through one sooooo big last week in Glasgow city centre it put my interior light onand my tc button flashed on and off  :-/

Im really surprised there was no lasting damage  :o or i would be claiming....


I'm afraid your alloys is not in the same idea..

2 weeks ago I needed correction.. :(
Title: Re: potty about potholes!
Post by: zippo on 24 February 2008, 21:08:17
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read in the telegraph yesterday that councils spend approx.£35million per year repairing potholes,and the:o amount they pay out per year in compensation for pothole damage is...............£65 million :o :o wtf is that about .

that would explain why Bolton council is nearly bankrupt , Bolton must have the worsted roads in the country
Title: Re: potty about potholes!
Post by: albitz on 24 February 2008, 21:08:56
can you i magine trying to run a private company on that basis ? i dont think the business would last long :(
Title: Re: potty about potholes!
Post by: Golfbuddy on 24 February 2008, 21:14:49
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can you i magine trying to run a private company on that basis ? i dont think the business would last long :(

But, that's the whole point. It's not a private company, who have to make a profit, it's a government department who have to justify their existence. The cost of repairing the potholes is nowhere near £35million, most of that cost is spent on bureaucracy.  They don't care what it costs, after all they get their pay cheques every month and it's our money they're spending. :(
Title: Re: potty about potholes!
Post by: albitz on 24 February 2008, 21:21:02
there was until recently a large pothole about a mile from where i live,it was there for about 2 years,outside the gate of the council roads repair depot,it was actually caused by their lorries turning into and out of the yard.they filled it in about a month ago so im curious to see how long it lasts.its bad enough hitting these things in the car but if you hit them on a bike they can be lethal >:(
Title: Re: potty about potholes!
Post by: The Elite on 24 February 2008, 21:57:52
It's speed ramps that really annoy me, grrrrrr!  >:(
Title: Re: potty about potholes!
Post by: albitz on 24 February 2008, 22:07:05
if they spent the money they use putting in speed ramps on filling in more potholes then they might not have to pay out so much in compo >:(