Bazj Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 A new facebook group with 91 members already!! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=284194283145&ref=nf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 .... and have even less money to buy more grit?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted January 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Well the 5 who have voted no so far must have more money than sense.... we hand over our money to WBC to waste it, leave us stranded in ice bound streets filled with bin bags full of rubbish (while other nearby authorities apparently cope a damned sight better) and then no doubt they will ask for a council tax rise to boot this year too? Amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 ... and leaving them with even less money to play with will sort it - will it?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 They wont refund any council tax or business rates... simples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgusted Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Well the 5 who have voted no so far must have more money than sense.... we hand over our money to WBC to waste it, leave us stranded in ice bound streets filled with bin bags full of rubbish (while other nearby authorities apparently cope a damned sight better) and then no doubt they will ask for a council tax rise to boot this year too? Amazing I voted no, becasue in my five or so years here, this is the worst snow I've seen,and only the second time there's been anything more than a bare covering. I was out and about most days, and as I said in the 'Schools' thread, the roads were perfectly driveable, even last Tuesday. Could they have done more? Absolutely yes, but also so could the many drivers who seemed to have not the first clue of how to drive in the snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Apparently there are going to be lots of pot=holes when this cold spell ends. Seems the day has gone when small, local things got immediate attention. Would that we could go back to the small borough days when everything was in the town hall and surrounds - and just possibly more indians than chiefs. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgusted Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Why are you assuming the pot holes wont get filled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Cos, pot-holes and small matters don't seem to have the priority that they once had, as posted. Last time I rang up about two of them was told that they had spent all their budget. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 If we start paying less the level of service will fall even more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 What level of service??? The potholes won't get fixed if they are not of the right size. And the cowboys they seem to use don't do a lasting job anyway. Perhaps they use motorway (want your drive doing mister?) tarmac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 The question is nonsense, it includes personal opinion of the Council's performance in the wording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 What does 'forfilled' mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted January 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Why are you assuming the pot holes wont get filled? Well on past experience, look how long it took them to do anything with Hawleys Lane as an example!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgusted Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Why are you assuming the pot holes wont get filled? Well on past experience, look how long it took them to do anything with Hawleys Lane as an example!! Well, very true, but very harsh to assume nothing will be done before they've had a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Why are you assuming the pot holes wont get filled? Well on past experience, look how long it took them to do anything with Hawleys Lane as an example!! Well, very true, but very harsh to assume nothing will be done before they've had a chance. Harsh, but probably safest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Look on the positive side, all these potholes might be part of the councils flood defence strategy! Newcut Lane has developed some cracking potholes over the last week or so but even though it?s right adjacent the highways maintenance department I bet it?ll be months before these are filled in. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 I mentioned a few dinner plate size potholes yesterday (on another thread though) which have popped up on Dingleway. Shocked to see today what looks like a huge crater starting to form close by under a new section of the cracked surface. The area is about must be about 4ft long by 2ft wide and has definately started to drop.... potholes usually start as small holes though don't they... they dont just start to sink Think I'll drive a different way on the school run tomorrow just incase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Dis, how can a pothole pop up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Tommy Cooper did it...................Just like that!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Dis, how can a pothole pop up? Sorry I should have said "the contents of the potholes had 'popped up' ". But then again it wouldn't have been a pothole at that point so maybe I should have said..... "the road has popped up leaving a pothole" You are so picky but I bet you knew what I meant.... glad to see you are not worried about the looming crater though.. maybe you would like to drive over it a few times tomorrow with Asp as a passenger as he has no car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 I mentioned a few dinner plate size potholes yesterday (on another thread though) which have popped up on Dingleway. Shocked to see today what looks like a huge crater starting to form close by under a new section of the cracked surface. The area is about must be about 4ft long by 2ft wide and has definately started to drop.... potholes usually start as small holes though don't they... they dont just start to sink Think I'll drive a different way on the school run tomorrow just incase Depends where the water got. As Wingy said, when it freezes, it expands and that force is strong enough to split boulders. It can do an awful lot of damage, especially if it froze and thawed several times, getting further and further into the fabric of the road. You might fall right through and disappear..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Should the pot-holes (unless a serious danger), be filled in before we've seen the back of the cold weather? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 You might fall right through and disappear..... After trying to keep up with the various other conversations that are going on at the moment I'm starting to hope that I do fall through and disappear now PS Obs.. someone somewhere in the past two days posted that potholes can't be filled unless the area is completely dry as it just breaks up again.... it may have been posted under the 'recipies' or 'find family and friends' section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Dizzy, School run???? WHY can't the child walk to school?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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