Pothole Nightmare: Half of Local Roads Could Fail in 15 Years

[@deanhadaway5121]

South Tyneside never seen the roads so bad, past few year seems uk just fell to bits, why do we pay council and road tax

[@philipjohnkaye8890]

If you're car has to be safe to go on the road, then why aren't the roads safe to drive on.......

[@ange1098]

🎯

[@DAVID-bv2gv]

Exactly My Truck is Due A MOT soon,, Well I’m not gonna bother as long as I have checked it over and the tyres and brakes are good working order I’ll keep on using it ✌🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@deee1776]

What a lot of people are not questioning is, our taxes just keep going up but services get worse and worse!! Where is the money going???

[@davidgill8996]

Cayman Islands in tax avoidance by the rich supported by government. 1 hundred billion a year. No-one talking about that. I wonder why.

[@davidgill8996]

Cayman Islands. I hundred billion a year. Stolen by the super rich supported by government.

[@StevieSpiers-ru3mf]

Tory ministers pockets.

[@bnj5913]

Bodge jobs and cheap materials

[@bowjana8128]

War

[@peakyblunder]

Herefordshire is absolutely awful for potholes . It's no good repairing individual holes . They need to repair whole stretches however painful it might be in time and money .

[@stanthesteelguitarman8228]

Why is it that we pay road tax [sorry, vehicle excise duty] to the Government via the DVLA, yet local councils are responsible for the maintenance of all the roads? Thus it is the payers of Council Tax who pay, no matter whether or not they drive a vehicle! It's all totally unfair and the money goes anywhere but where it should!!

[@bethjackey93]

Extremely bad in Buxton/Fairfield.

[@s14vko]

On a more positive note uk just spent almost £10 billion on f35 war planes. 👍👍👍 Good to see we have our priorities in order.

[@ivorharden]

Potholes or Putin

[@davidpnewton]

National defence IS a higher priority for national government spending than road maintenance. National government and ONLY national government can undertake that task. By contrast road maintenance can be undertaken by local government, regional government or even private individuals.

[@jakehowie442]

Take all the MPs, politicians, and Councillors money and use their paychecks to resurface the roads

[@spikefawkes5152]

Yet they still collect our road tax.

[@paulthomas3841]

Road Tax goes to the Government ever since the 1980s, the car tax goes to the Government to send on things coming from France

[@loki1066]

Nigel Havers, what a lovely guy- went to school just down the road in Nowton Park 👍

[@Judith-c6r]

If local authorities stopped using contractors and used their own employees then the work would be repaired properly. We had a pothole repaired last week but there were four in a very close area but they left the others still there. The reason given was that the authority pointed to one hole. Contractors only do what they are asked to do whereas if they used their own employees they could repair all at the same time.

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

Cubby Broccoli made Roger Moore cut his hair back in 1972...😂

[@Timmy.Hammer]

When he talks about avoiding potholes and driving on the wrong side of the road…..that’s common now.

[@ayozhek1898]

The amount of road tax we all pay should provide plenty of money for road repairs, again where is this money going?

[@lynnehamer239]

Everywhere

[@aethellstan]

this is what happens when the central government cuts back on allocating money to the local councils. there's only so much you can spend and when it keeps getting cut stuff doesn't get done.

[@foxxyfox4382]

The answer is to repair them when they happen and not leave them for year on year,the council's gave never had so much money in council tax with the thousands of new homes that have been built in the last few years,what are they doing with all our cash,because they don't spend it on any services anymore

[@julianshepherd2038]

Look on the bright side. We kept taxes down for the well off and they can buy Range Rovers.

[@bowjana8128]

Third world

[@skaro4ever]

because its better for our government to spend money on sending people to Rwanda

[@anthonymartyn5590]

While that are here waiting to go why don't they earn the keep by filling in the potholes.

[@pencilme1n]

Why don't they just blame it on Putin or Liz Truss like everything else.

[@SuperLittleTyke]

The government statement read out by Susanna at the end of this segment is worthless. For years this Tory government has promised that road repairs will be addressed with urgency, but the roads just get worse and worse.

[@alandmorley]

Who is going to buy a brand new car and drive on these roads?

[@SimonSmith-yd6tt]

Love that HS2 monies Rishi reallocated for Northern transport projects got spent filling potholes in London

[@bnj5913]

All them ulez cameras and they cant even see a pothole most of these roads are still in the 2000s

[@focusedman5759]

Ive bent so many wheels in my works van that we now have spare wheels and tyres in the depot. Governments/Councils too busy looking after illegal immigrants rather than the people who pay thier wages.

[@MrChapperzReal]

Just scrap council tax , mot's & road tax then

[@dulcettonezzz8229]

Poor Nigel. Id be gutted if I had to sell my e type jag if I had one

[@beewa8840]

No, this is the modern Bond. Short back and sides not necessary.

[@onlyme219]

Well, If I was Bond (yes I know he is not real) But wouldn't want my long hair to be pulled by who I'm fighting. There is a reason why short hair is the norm for soldiers and agents

[@beewa8840]

@@onlyme219 But Bond is so skilled at everything, no one would get a chance to pull his hair. Except maybe a woman. 😁

[@onlyme219]

@@beewa8840 No one has because up to now he didn't have long hair. Also, what do you mean 'maybe a woman'?

[@beewa8840]

@@onlyme219 With his fighting skills no one would get close. James Bond has a reputation for being a lothario, so a woman could get close enough to pull his hair.

[@onlyme219]

@@beewa8840 So, his long hair could be an issue?

[@robertnewton6454]

Potholes are really bad and very dangerous However What about the truly appalling state of the nations pavements Uneven kerbs stones missing Big holes that people trip in Especially at nighttime with poor street lighting Cars parking on pavements that cause damage It must be really difficult for blind people

[@brianmarshall1637]

Should we be surprised?more and more vehicles as the population rises every year,it,s common sense the highway s can,t keep pace.

[@michaelbest6969]

Sorry

[@paulthomas3841]

Council's just sit in the office,, and just hand Cheque out, in stead of Trying to get the Males out of the Cab, because it is "Cold, and Fill the hole in the Road,

[@snowyowel7961]

Biased GMB Mr yetti cooper labour mp one of the presenters says it all. 😂

[@StevieSpiers-ru3mf]

How much money has Sunak spent on his Rwanda gimmick? £600,000,000 so far?

[@DAVID-bv2gv]

Well My Truck Needs A MOT Soon I don’t think I will bother I’ll kick the tyres and if the stoppers work when I get to the end of my driveway I’ll head out onto the public highway and save myself £54:85, My Truck is road worthy BUT the roads aren’t worthy of Truck 💪🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✌🏻🇬🇧 O one last thing it doesn’t seem to matter too much about the traffic indicators not many people use them nowadays 🤣

[@manpreetbrar838]

Getting progressively 2nd world day by day.

[@thisisyoursigntovisit]

GIVE US A GENERAL ELECTION. Enough now! This country I once loved has been brought to ruin by this government

[@onlyme219]

Well, someone has to try to fill the holes in, I'm in and around Blackpool and it's a nightmare and getting worse. That said I don't give a fig about this actor being upset he can't drive one of his numerous cars around

[@bigpants6121]

he probably doesn't give a fig about you.

[@onlyme219]

@@bigpants6121 Obviously, he wouldn't know who I am. I've not been on the show. Did you give yourself a first like?

[@bowjana8128]

Ansdell Road is horrendous

[@onlyme219]

@@bowjana8128👍

[@jamesbowskill362]

Ha Ha Ha !!!!! & you people who voted labour think ITS going to get better!.........Ha ha Ha

[@jamesbowskill362]

'Could fail in 15 Years' !!!!!! Laughable ! THE ENTIRE ROAD SYSTEM IS A FAILURE ALREADY NOW !!!! Its interesting to note that all the roads near an MP's home ARE in good shape, & in particular look at the roads around sunaks lavish home,.......PRISTINE. But why should he worry, all the time he uses taxpayer funder helicopters.