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Originally Posted by martyh
You seem to be under the mis aprehension that the road tax you pay all goes on the roads ,it doesn't ,it goes into the central pot of taxes and allocated from there .If the government used only revenue from road tax we wouldn't have any decent roads at all as there is nowhere near enough money raised from road tax to cover the cost of running our road network .If you object to paying tolls on roads then don't use them
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Well it should the governments only got this mess themselves to blame for underfunded repairs.
If they done proper job since the last cuts in repairs roads would be fine. Most time they put cheap stonechip down then miffed why six months it ruts half chips on wheels around the place cut people smashed windows chipped paint. Six months another gang do another job another cheap surface down which they prey lasts little longer.
You would be suprised how much is wasted not doing proper job in first place. Lost count some our roads have had to be replaced 2 to 3 times in 10 years some last 6 months due to bodging due to underfunding.
If we threw the right funds in first place they would last as long the original roads. Only reason why potholes occur is poor road management. See crack repair it dont let it get worse. Another is they repair little 1 metre squares which weake the road integrity. Often seen repairs where they not been rolled properly not even edged them which means they will chip and crumble.
Go out see the shocking workmanship at times road sunk slight they dont put new under surface to build it up again. I blame bosses they give them short timeframes to do the job result not done adequately.
If they do good job road should last years again. Too many cutting corners done this from underfunding not done properly not rolled properly even forgetting or not edging making sure surface is not sunk causing dips.