Reporting carriageway defects to the Council

Innys1

Update:

I will, tomorrow drive along the 500m stretch and report back here. It's an A road which includes a bridge over a railway line. So, you can imagine it is fairly busy.

Yesterday, I cycled in my normal route around my house. Part of the route includes a road with a decent surface - the occasional botched repair here and there but nothing unusual. Yesterday, though I noticed that this quiet residential road had been completely resurfaced since I last used that route. 100m of brand new smooth tarmac on a road with less than 10% of the road that I reported needing repairs.

I guess a councillor lives on the resurfaced one.

I've raised a formal complaint to the Council.

scotsbob

Innys1 wrote: »

Yesterday, though I noticed that this quiet residential road had been completely resurfaced since I last used that route. 100m of brand new smooth tarmac on a road with less than 10% of the road that I reported needing repairs.

I guess a councillor lives on the resurfaced one.

I've raised a formal complaint to the Council.

A complaint, why????

I thought the whole point of your posts was that your council were doing nothing. Why complain when they do something?

Innys1

scotsbob wrote: »

A complaint, why????

I thought the whole point of your posts was that your council were doing nothing. Why complain when they do something?

Try reading my first post again. I'm not repeating it all again.

Steve059

I have to say that I've had no problems whatsoever from my local Bristol and South Gloucestershire councils' highways departments. I've always received a full, positive, personal reply and, where applicable, have noticed that quick action has been taken (ie. overgrown warning signs).