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  1. chdot
    Admin

    https://web.archive.org/web/20240804072204/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24494111.scotlands-potholes-cost-2-6-billion-fix/

    Just a reminder -

    “

    How we manage and repair potholes

    A pothole is a large, deep hole in the road, often formed when roads freeze and thaw repeatedly or during heavy rainfall or flooding. Changes in temperature causes damage to the surface and layers of the road become unstuck or the surface breaks. Traffic travelling over these weaken road surfaces then cause holes to appear.

    Every street is visited on a regular schedule by an inspector to monitor any defects and identify issues. However, if a pothole has been on the road for a while we might not know about it.

    “

    https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/roads-travel-parking/potholes/

    Posted 2 months ago #

  2. wishicouldgofaster
    Member

    What gets me is the time it takes our council to do anything and the standard of road repairs is in most case unacceptable. Take Caroline Terrace for example it was subject to this 'surface dressing' about a month ago but there are still loose chippings all over the pavement and at the side of the road in a lot of places. Plus there are a few ruts in it so is not smooth in some bits.

    Posted 2 months ago #

  3. neddie
    Member

    If they extensively pedestrianised large parts of the city centre (as is the case in most towns in Germany), and prevented through-traffic in all neighbourhoods, there would be far far fewer potholes to repair in the first place.

    And then potholes in the bus-lanes could be prioritised, as buses cause a lot of the damage, but also follow set routes.

    Perhaps then, the council might stand a chance of catching up...

    Posted 2 months ago #

  4. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Last week I was on holiday in the Lake District. It only occurred to me on getting home that of Keswick, Bowness-on-Windermere, Coniston, Cockermouth and Maryport, none of them had any potholes that I could remember.

    Even the mountain passes like Honister, Whinlatter and Kirkstone didn't have tarmac all potholed and crumbling.

    In fact, on riding home via the A and B roads in the Lakes, the M6, and A74M and the A702, the first potholes I encountered were when I reached Midlothian.

    Posted 2 months ago #

  5. MediumDave
    Member

    There seem to be different standards of surface dressing. All too often it's of the "chips wi' everything" variety with lots of loose stuff everywhere for weeks/months.

    However "they" recently did a bit of Balcarres Street and Colinton Road.

    While the result is smelling very strongly of tar (personally love it, but may not be to everyone's taste) there are basically no loose chips at all. Marvellous.

    I also noticed that in Bougie Bonaly(TM), they get proper resurfacing, none of this chips and tar stuff...

    Posted 2 months ago #

  6. gembo
    Member

    Fair bit of road closure in Bougie Bonaly. At mo. We came down Phantom Cleugh last Friday and sped on down towards WoL only to be met with Road Closures.

    Turned west, went down next road which was pure shit private road un adopted and unsurfaced. Maybe the Bougie Bonaly just by Landrovers?

    Posted 2 months ago #

  7. MediumDave
    Member

    Left down Munro Drive and then right down Fernielaw is optimum for avoiding the closure without getting lost. You can also admire the Fordson tractor used as a lawn-ornament about halfway down Fernielaw.

    The unadopted roads round there are challenging indeed. So challenging that we saw some people on gravel bikes doing circuits of the estate.

    [Edit: Ferniehill -> Fernielaw]

    Posted 2 months ago #

  8. gembo
    Member

    We know that lovely tractor well and take the Munro route whenever returning via Zara Philips stable and the little path to blinkbonny but last Friday we were aiming for WoL path

    Posted 2 months ago #

  9. amir
    Member

    I did LEJOG earlier this year. The Borders and the Lothians were amongst the very worst surfaces. And Caithness was relatively okay, despite the locals' griping.

    Posted 2 months ago #

  10. Murun Buchstansangur
    Member

    From travels earlier in the summer,South Ayrshire takes the Scottish booby prize. Some of the roads around Maybole were practically unrideable, including NCN7 which takes a ridiculous route anyway. A real Sustrans special. Contributed to a cyclist’s bad accident that I saw.

    Dumfries & Galloway had done miles’n’miles’n’miles of surface dressing. Still better than S Ayrshire though.

    Posted 2 months ago #

  11. fimm
    Member

    We were on Arran recently and the owner of the self-catering accommodation we were staying in was grumbling about the potholes there. To which our response was mostly "These roads are fine, come to Edinburgh..."

    Posted 2 months ago #

  12. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/22/woman-75-uses-gardening-tools-to-fill-in-potholes-outside-home-in-scottish-village

    Posted 2 months ago #

  13. neddie
    Member

    I'd be making them bigger, for speed calming effect.

    Posted 2 months ago #

  14. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/23/a-national-disgrace-cyclists-and-motorists-lament-uks-pothole-ridden-roads

    Posted 2 months ago #

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