Potholes causing misery for motorists in Gloucestershire

“Paul hits on the obvious point, we pay for this work to be done, but the authorities don't do it. I have to say that we have the worst roads in Europe in my opinion. Germany is hotter in summer and colder in winter yet manages to have far better roads. France is the same. Spain and Italy dont get the same winter lows but are much hotter in summer. How do they manage it?
I can honestly say that the roads in this county are as bad or worse than those in Basra!!! Is it any wonder that so many choose to drive 4x4s?”

“my son in cheltenham damaged his car in a pothole last week damaging the suspention , he has contacted the council for a claims form , but i told him i read a article about people putting in claims for pothole damage and just getting turned down flat , its not right whatever people say we pay our vehicle tax . the roads in glos are disguisting even the stupid speed humps are far to high in places you can see where peoples exhaust pipes have been hitting them , they should pay for the damage caused maybe then they would get their act together and sort our roads out to a far higher standard”

“Massive deep pot hole as you go into Churchdown from Churchdown Lane, a cyclist or motor cyclist has no chance whatsoever. It is so deep and long that it is only a matter of time before a car bursts a tyre. In fact the whole of that stretch of road is pretty disgraceful. I want to know who in Highways is ultimately liable and responsible if some one is injured or a vehicle is damaged!!!!!! The Citizen needs to publish names and addresses of where complaints should be filed please.”

“Brunswick Road, from St Michaels Square to Bell Lane is in a shoddy state, and has been for years. Despite reporting potholes to Gloucestershire County Council, they're just getting bigger and deeper”

“Whatever happened to the big fanfare when Jason Humm proudly announced that there was a team of pothole repairers permanently on the road responding to calls by the public almost immediately? I remember when this was shown on tv it looked like he was standing in Denmark Road, Gloucester but if you go there now it has got to be one of the worst roads in the county.”

“On a stretch of the A417 near Corse, between Church Lane and Oridge Street, no sooner are potholes filled in when the "plugs" pop out again time after time ad nauseam. This situation been going on for several years to my knowledge and, as drivers well know, the problem is widescale.

I suggest that, when inviting tenders, the Highways Authority make it conditional that contractors make good any pothole repairs that do not stand the test of time (say 6 months) free of charge.”

“Common sense, when it comes to pothole repairs / utility works in general? The next time will be the first time.

How often do we see reports of certain potholes being repaired, but others in the same vicinity (sometimes within spitting distance) are not touched, and then eventually filled in by a separate visit? Why can't all potholes in a general location be dealt with at the same time? Surely this is a simple case of time management? Not to mention more cost-effective.

The pothole saga is an annual event, and we haven't (so far) had any bad winter weather - the current rash of issues are through the wet weather, not through frost / snow. So I dread to think what the roads will be like come the spring, if we do have a bad winter (which has been forecast).

But it is a national problem, not just confined to Gloucestershire. Although some highways departments are better at sorting the problem than others. Wonder where Glos Highways sit in national rankings???”

“It is just a matter of time before a cyclist is killed by a pothole. The problem is even worse when there is rain and the puddles, or standing water, will hide a pothole or rut that can throw a cyclist into the path of a car or HGV.”

“Church Road was laid with new tarmac in Shurdington the beginning of December, for which I saw no reason to as there were plenty of other roads that money could have been spent on to fix around the village, and then just before Christmas, a pot hole appeared in this new tarmac! To top this off, there were workmen working on water/pipes on the pavement, right next to this pothole in the road, about 6ft away, who dug up the pavement, laid new tarmac on the pavement once finished and didn't even touch the pothole in the road! Why doesn't someone have some common sense and get it fixed at the same time??”

“It Costs Me £50 A Time To Have The Alignment & Balance Sorted On My Car. The State Of Our Roads Is Terrible, Denmark Road In Particular. Personally I Avoid It, As It Feels Like A Testing Ground For A 4X4 & I Hate To Think Of The Damage & Strain It Puts On Our Cars.
Who Needs Speed Bumps When You Hav Manholes For Free!!!”