Ride quality on country roads

[XP500FUN]

Well only 15%/20% of car tax goes towards roads as you say, so no need to pay extra really.

Better to slowly put down hot roll than the chipping surface crap.

Mind you even when they do it wrong on the day the contactors don`t give a stuff or bother putting it right.

They are apparently supposed to put it right when it all drops to bits, but don`t get chased.

Last years they did`nt even bother doing the potholes before the surface dressing !!!

I did hear in greater London they spend £1700 per person per year on the roads in the North East ist £5 per person. So all we need is some road equity.

[mottza]

Don't think that's true. Tonnes of potholes in London too. Although I'm sure downing Street has none.

[The Bern]

I did hear in greater London they spend £1700 per person per year on the roads in the North East ist £5 per person. So all we need is some road equity.

Errrrr, that sounds like bollocks to me bud

[rayb]

Don't think that's true. Tonnes of potholes in London too. Although I'm sure downing Street has none.

No, just arseholes.

[XP500FUN]

It may be wrong but I did read it in an article.

Looked up a few bits and more than half of the UK transport cash is spent in London though.

Looks as if 6 + times per head is spent there compared to the NE and other places.

Can`t seem to find the article with the amount on the actual roads alone.

It might have been the local paper so they maybe exagerated a little !!!

Best Mark.

PS heres the quote from the beeb I can`t seem to link the page, the article I read said £1700.

'Inequality'

It said ministers must "ensure that there is a fairer allocation of funding" than at present.

Committee chairman Louise Ellman, the Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, said: "Far less money is spent on transport projects outside London than in the capital. This inequality has gone on for too long and has to change."

The Institute of Public Policy Research says transport infrastructure spending is £2,500 per head in London compared with £5 per head in the North East.

[The Bern]

"Far less money is spent on transport projects outside London than in the capital. This inequality has gone on for too long and has to change."

The Institute of Public Policy Research says transport infrastructure spending is £2,500 per head in London compared with £5 per head in the North East.

I guess you mean this type of hype bud .... https://www.ippr.org/news-and-media/pre ... han-london

As far as I can see it's got bugger all to do with potholes, its about infrastructure, projects like the new underground they are putting in, the new high speed railway & stuff like that

[MrGrumpy]

I did hear in greater London they spend £1700 per person per year on the roads in the North East ist £5 per person. So all we need is some road equity.

Errrrr, that sounds like bollocks to me bud

I think that that's the figure for total transport infrastructure spend rather than just roads ie includes Rail. London has just spent £8billion (?) on crossrail, and a few more billion on the Thameslink 2000 scheme (including complete resignalling) whilst in the North they are reluctant to replace crap Pacer trains - and the replacements themselves will be 35 year old trains refurbished, and a few that are nearly new at only 25 years old.

[XP500FUN]

Business as usual then Mr G.

I went down an awful huge pothole on a road absolutely covered in gravel, the other week, yee gods.

The bike went nuts, how I stayed on I don`t know, but I think if the SW did`nt have the Hypero Spings in I`d off been off big time.

Really shook me up.

They are actually doing quite a lot with the potholes in N Yorkshire this year, thoughs its a cheap temporary type fix that soon starts to come to bits, its something.

Best Mark.

[The Bern]

I trust you reported that pothole to your local council so that they have a chance of repairing it before another rider/driver has the same experience bud ?

[mottza]

£18bn Crossrail was. Remember 50% of the population lives in the SE corner of the UK.