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l Extra £12m to tackle potholes l Extra £710000 to beat litter louts LET'S ... - Glasgow Evening Times
l Extra £12m to tackle potholes l Extra £710000 to beat litter louts LET'S ...
Glasgow Evening Times
The city is to spend a further £12million tackling the problem of crumbling roads, which have been severely affected by freezing winters in recent years, leading to massive potholes. It means that in just three years £46m will have been spent on road ...
Time to fix the potholes? - Pontefract and Castleford Express
Time to fix the potholes?
Pontefract and Castleford Express
Otherwise I would have thought that the road would have been in a much better state than the current rutted and potholed condition. It's about time Mr Box's highways team took their finger out and got it fixed.
Action wanted over potholes - Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph
Action wanted over potholes
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph
Pothole Returns: potholes on Woodland Ave, Barton Seagrave have re-formed on the road outside The Stirrup Cup pub. resident Barbara Gilbrook looks at the pothole Tuesday 8th February 2012 Potholes filled in twice just a year ago have reappeared ...
Rutherglen and Cambuslang roads cost council less than anywhere else in region - Rutherglen Reformer
Rutherglen and Cambuslang roads cost council less than anywhere else in region
Rutherglen Reformer
DRIVERS in Rutherglen and Cambuslang are less likely to suffer pothole damage than any other area in South Lanarkshire. Data received by the Reformer under the Freedom of Information Act suggests roads in the two towns are the best in the region.
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Driver angry after council rejects car damage costs - Your Local Guardian
Driver angry after council rejects car damage costs
Your Local Guardian
By Hannah Williamson » A motorist has slammed Surrey County Council for refusing to compensate him after potholes caused his car wheels to buckle. Henry Beckles was driving along Godstone Road, Whyteleafe, in July 2011, when he hit a series of pot ...
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Potholes aren't sealed due to target constraints - Galloway Today
Galloway Today
Potholes aren't sealed due to target constraints
Galloway Today
POTHOLES on the region's A-class and B-class roads must be filled within three days of being reported in order to meet targets, said a road department boss this week. And this is why they aren't heat-sealed to prevent instant crumbling, added Dumfries ...
Council spends more than £8000 compensating residents for pothole damage - Crewe Chronicle
Council spends more than £8000 compensating residents for pothole damage
Crewe Chronicle
MORE than £8000 has been paid out to Cheshire East residents as compensation for damage caused by potholes. Information obtained by the Chronicle has revealed that Cheshire East Council spent a total of £2299516 on repairing potholes in 2010/2011, ...
It's not rocket science to fix pot holes, says Seaford resident - Eastbourne Today
Eastbourne Today
It's not rocket science to fix pot holes, says Seaford resident
Eastbourne Today
POTHOLES along a busy stretch of road in Seaford have caused one resident to contact the town's MP about the matter. A fed-up Geoff King has also been in touch with the Highways team at East Sussex County Council (ESCC) demanding action be taken.
Roads could need a complete resurface as cold weather hits the county again. - This is Gloucestershire
Roads could need a complete resurface as cold weather hits the county again.
This is Gloucestershire
It comes as bad weather has threatened to create even more potholes across the county's roads. Cheltenham Borough Councillor, John Rawson (St Peters, LD) believes "comprehensive resurfacing" is needed across the town to keep drivers on the move.
Teacher fury over pothole repair funds - Scotsman
Teacher fury over pothole repair funds
Scotsman
SCOTLAND's largest teaching union has blasted council plans to invest a “spare” £2 million filling potholes rather than shoring up its slashed education budget. Edinburgh members of the Educational Institute of Scotland have railed against using ...
'We've filled 1000 city potholes' - This is South Wales
'We've filled 1000 city potholes'
This is South Wales
The Patch scheme is carried out in addition to planned maintenance work such as major road resurfacing schemes and emergency pothole repairs. The next round of work will start in March, Swansea Council has confirmed. Carl Humphrey, head of streetscene ...
Plea for extra £5m to repair damaged roads - This is North Devon
Plea for extra £5m to repair damaged roads
This is North Devon
The Transport Secretary is being urged to come up with an extra £5 million to help Devon County Council repair potholes and damage to the road network caused by severe winter weather. Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, has written to Justine ...
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Emergency repair work - Wetherby Today
Emergency repair work
Wetherby Today
The Wetherby News has previously reported on the car park, the largest in the town, which residents say has been blighted by potholes and uneven road surfacing over the last year. Selby District Council granted permission to make improvements to the ...
Edinburgh's potholes get extra cash for permanent filling - Scotsman
Scotsman
Edinburgh's potholes get extra cash for permanent filling
Scotsman
By SHÂN ROSS HALF a million pounds is to spent over the next two months to repair thousands of potholes and pavements which have caused havoc in Edinburgh. About £2 million has become available by “prudent” management of council resources and will be ...
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Now do you believe us? - Glasgow Evening Times
Now do you believe us?
Glasgow Evening Times
By LALITA AUGUSTINE DRIVERS and pedestrians are facing misery as a series of potholes cause chaos on one of Glasgow's busiest roads. The junction of Killermont Street and North Hanover Street is now one big pothole. It stretches across half the road, ...
Action call over holey road - The Oxford Times
Action call over holey road
The Oxford Times
Now the parish council has finally discovered its answer and will push Oxford City Council to carry out repairs on the potholes riddling the area behind the Bricklayers Arms in Church Lane. Mr Haynes said: “We have been in touch with the city and ...
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Major roundabout shut for road repairs - Daily Echo
Major roundabout shut for road repairs
Daily Echo
Diversions will be in place as contractors work to patch up potholes and the damaged surface of Redbridge roundabout, at the bottom of the M271, which Southampton City Council says is on the verge of becoming a danger to motorists.
Covered over - This is Plymouth
Covered over
This is Plymouth
I WRITE about the picture in The Herald on Monday, January 13 about the potholes with Pothole Pete. I was parked in the little car park beside the Metro Tesco at the bottom of Plympton Hill next to St Mary's Church. As the cars and lorries were going ...
The Pothole Gardener - LSMedia
The Pothole Gardener
LSMedia
The many potholes of London are being rejuvenated with the help of The Pothole Gardener. Seeking out potholes in busy roads, secret alleys and just about anywhere you can think of, The Pothole Gardener is changing the face of streets by planting ...
Pothole fight goes on - Barrhead News
Pothole fight goes on
Barrhead News
MSP Jackson Carlaw says the weight of evidence in recent Barrhead News reports of the area's chronic potholes problem fully bears out his demand for a national road maintenance fund. And he's backing our call for key demands to be put to the Holyrood ...
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