The Kintyre Forum

Just wondering what people are thinking about the state of the roads about town. They are a bit to say the least uneven!

You must surely sit at the top table with the real masters of the dark art of understatement SmithD.

Its f***ing terrible, both in town and especially out of town, and they expect us to pay higher road tax when it comes in.....

How flinging some cold tar into a pothole when its raining, when its still half-full with water, and then rolling over it with the lorry wheel to pack it in, is going to do any good or last any length of time is beyond me.

Pete Reek wrote:You must surely sit at the top table with the real masters of the dark art of understatement SmithD.

I was just being tackful!

But something more hard wearing is needing done. especially when the weather is dry! Not very nice for any tourist who will be beginning to appear for holidays!

Hitting a pothole doing a respectful 60mph outside town isn't very good for the car either!

Tubby the Tuba wrote:How flinging some cold tar into a pothole when its raining, when its still half-full with water, and then rolling over it with the lorry wheel to pack it in, is going to do any good or last any length of time is beyond me.

I was sat in me car the other day, stuck behind a council lorry, and watched as one bloke shovelled a bucket load of cold tar into a hole then whacked it with the back of his spade before getting back in again and drivin' off.

I thought to meself "I could do that. Gissa job."

soon there will be no pot holes
the traffic will be so light that the roads wont get damaged
folk can cross the street without looking
the roads will be so bad that nobody will be able to get to the toon
problem solved

anyway we canny aford to sort wee holes here when there is a bottomless pit in iraq needing all our tax

Must admit I also thought about buying a tin of yellow spray paint like the guy down south but think it would only do a few hundred yards locally.Theres a bit on recently rebuilt road on way into Campbeltown near Kilcousland with a hellish dip in it and getting worse all the time and it's going to cause an accident soon.You can tell the locals as they are programmed to cross onto the other side so used to it.The bit along Kinloch road is a disgrace as well.

ATS may well do special deals soon for us!!!

Dunc

SmithD wrote:Just wondering what people are thinking about the state of the roads about town. They are a bit to say the least uneven!

Not just the town, but the whole of Argyll in general. The A83 after Tarbert where Scottish Water (sewage works) dug up and then did their utmost best to resurface back to its original. The B842/B8001 north of Carradale will soon be unpassable and the tourist season about to arrive. I thought on photographing all the damage, but then realised would need about a month to do it .
Bad road surfaces and potholes can cause accidents and these we can do without.

Below is the damage to my own car from the road to layby at Inverneil north of Tarbert. Full of water you have no indication of depth, measured it at over 6 inches Re: at 10 mph one new tyre and if I drew in faster could have been serious damage to car. Will check again today to see if been filled in.

That IS wil' JD

Judging by the picture they look nice "Legal" tyres......

jdcarra wrote:

SmithD wrote:Below is the damage to my own car from the road to layby at Inverneil north of Tarbert. Full of water you have no indication of depth, measured it at over 6 inches Re: at 10 mph one new tyre and if I drew in faster could have been serious damage to car. Will check again today to see if been filled in.

JD, my old luvvie, you should definitely think about taking legal advice and making a claim against the council for the cost of repair. If they were aware of this hole but had made no efforts to repair it then they're liable.

If you are going to claim against the council or whoever is responsible then you better have a report number from the police or some evidence to show where/when it was done....otherwiseyou wont get anywhere........

Buzz Lightyear wrote:If you are going to claim against the council or whoever is responsible then you better have a report number from the police or some evidence to show where/when it was done....otherwiseyou wont get anywhere........

Police number my erse! The photos would be evidence enough.

Most councils settle claims under a grand out of court anyway.

Yip most councils might, but dare say if A & B have anything to do with it, they will find a loop hole and get out of it.

And if you put a claim in will that not take money away from there road repair budget? Just a thought. Or will that be their excuse to having no money for repairs.

Ultimately councillors decide how big the budget will be for road repairs, the more pressure put on prospective councillors in the run up to the may elections, the more likelihood is that those elected will take notice.

Perhaps we could start a web log of hole pics on this site I'll put up a prize to the person who posts the most pics of road holes and the person who posts the deepest hole between now and the elections.

If we log as near as possible the exact location of the hole on this site then email the link to this thread to the roads department, they will have been duly notified.