Potholes

 This is our local pot hole. It sits in the middle of the road next to the entrance to our street and has been there since last year.  It is now an old friend and all of the local drivers take care to drive around it.  If a small car tyre goes into this pothole, the axle will hit the road surface.

Yesterday when I was driving around in the rain, the potholes on the local roads were full of water.  I realised that I knew the location of all of them and was able to take evasive action to avoid any issues or damage to our car.

Despite the funds that drivers pay to the revenue in petrol duty, road tax and VAT, it seems that the lack of funding for basic maintenance is now a serious national issue rather than an irritation. Poor road surfaces are the norm.

It seems that the government has been running its services down and roads are not an issue worthy of concern.  This pothole cannot be due to heavy vehicle damage as  there are no HGV transits on this road and all buses to this area were cancelled some years ago.  The largest vehicles we see down here area the dustbin wagons and they are travelling very slowly.

Perhaps a change of government will help fix the problems on our roads?

Footnote 8 Mar 2024:

The pothole has now been repaired with a rough patch of tarmac.