I can’t recall our local roads in Hampshire ever being as bad as they are now.
On top of the normal winter pot hole legacy we’ve also had an invasion of frenetic fibre optic laying contractors digging up huge numbers of roads and from what I can see there’s no monitoring of the quality of their reinstatement work.
Eg. We currently have a collapsed “reinstated” trench (4” deep in places) across the junction at the end of our road. Numerous residents have raised the matter with the Highways Dept, who some four weeks later are apparently still investigating. Their first response was that the works were done in 2013…..so we must have all imagined the three way traffic lights and diggers last month then?
I bet they don’t have the ability to check and monitor road works and that contractor warranty periods routinely fade away leaving public finances to pick up the bill.
