howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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That is a relief and I always thought it was because the roads were left to crumble by the appropriate bodies in an effort to save money.
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Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
- Posts: 1,418
Ah yes it all makes sense now. The accident rate on our roads is also a key indicator of economic prosperity as well. Isn't it inspiring when someone is able to see a positive where most would see a negative?
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
so the economy has been growing for the last 4 years,what a joke.there was me thinking it was due to the bad weather and the lack of maintainance.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I had to have two new front tyres on my car because they were wearing on the insides and so had the front re-tracking done.
I asked why they had worn so quickly as I'd only bought them (Continentals) in January and driven about 2,000 miles and was told it was the state of the roads, which was easier to accept than because we are all better off - I'm now over £200 worse off !
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Each pot hole costs approx. £.53 to repair, surely it would be cheaper in the long run to resurface using higher quality materials?
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
Also not putting a new surface directly on top of the old one, which is like painting over old paint with the result it flakes off easily.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Roger, it's the speed cushions like those up Melbourne Ave which knacker your tyres. When you straddle them, as most people do, it puts double the design weight on the inner sidewalls of your tyres and makes them degrade very fast.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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You may well be right Peter, but I really can't remember the last time I went that route; I hardly ever go over Tower Hamlets either.
I was shown how far out the tracking was, so now hope that they'll last a lot longer than a couple of thousand miles.
Roger