Midsomer Norton road repair was a waste of time and money

By Desert Divas Ltd | Thursday, April 01, 2010, 10:57

Two recent stories from councilspokesman on this site revealed B&NES’ intention to spend £6.5 million on roadworks and just after the cold snap the council brought £500,000 forward to repair roads damaged by the cold weather.

Council workers ignore this deep pothole on the Sainsubury's roundabout, which was just feet away from where they were filling in potholes on the other side of the road

For weeks I and other readers highlighted the pothole problem at the Sainsbury roundabout in Midsomer Norton waiting for something to be done.

Alas the potholes were filled this past week – but only on one side of the roundabout!

Would it have taken too much effort to have filled the holes on the other side of the road which were just feet away?

Now the council is saying that 253 acres of roads and pavements will either be resurfaced or surface dressed from April 2010 and it has set aside £6.5million to do so.

I imagine the council could do it all at half the price and in half the time if the job was done correctly in the first place!

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Councilspoke: Thanks for illustrating my point so perfectly.
"Not on the job sheet, guv..."

By Howard_C at 19:47 on 01/04/10
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To CarlaGale and Howard_C:

When the works to this road were instructed this pothole didn't appear to exist. It appeared subsequent to this original inspection. The Council's Highways Team have issued an emergency order for the pothole in the picture to be repaired as soon as possible.

This road is also part of the Council's extensive proactive road improvement programme for 2010/11 as reported elsewhere on this website tinyurl.com/yb9je98

The Council relies upon regular highways inspections and members of the public reporting to us problems on the highway network to make roads and pavements as good as possible. The pothole in this picture had not been reported to Council Connect.

The quickest and most convenient method for residents to report significant concerns about roads and pavements is to either text Council Connect or alternatively call 01225 394041 between 8am (9.30am Wednesday) and 6pm Monday to Friday or email councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk at any time day or night or text 07797 806545.

By council_spoke at 16:30 on 01/04/10
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LOL...I love that pic! I'm just ticked off now as everytime I go over that roundabout, I can feel my car being jarred out of alignment!

By Desert Divas Ltd at 11:46 on 01/04/10
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I guess it was the usual box-ticking council jobsworth with no initiative. "Not on the job sheet so can't do it, guv. Not my problem." The sort of person that wouldn't last five minutes in commerce or industry, which is why they end up working for the council.
The sort of idiot that produces this sort of thing: tinyurl.com/y8u4bju

By Howard_C at 11:40 on 01/04/10
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