Potholes and cones

[Barry]

I assume that central government are responsible for the motorways and there really ought to be a zero tolerance policy on potholes on motorways.

However the surfaces at some busy exits and entries where they get plenty of wear need resurfacing regularly. Motorists wouldn't have to make sudden corrections to avoid the potholes. On the Southern side of the M25 are some of the worst surfaces in the UK, noisy as hell - and scored with 4" wide repairs where cables or something have been put under the road. They never fill them in properly afterwards.

[Churchill]

The local Council are responsible for about 90% of roads in the UK, potholes are a danger to all vehicles , motor cyclists , cyclists, and even pedestrians  people have been injured or even killed by hitting a pothole.



Many vehicles are damaged which means Councils are paying out large sums of compensation to owners, it is a UK wide problem that needs to be addressed GE or no GE. IMO

[patman post]

Johnson pledged £2 billion for potholes — the "biggest ever pothole-filling programme" — John Major set up a cones hotline.

Aren't these really the responsibilities of bodies further down the political food chain, and not topics to be employed by political parties at election time to distract attention from more pressing national concerns for which the government is responsible...?