Fix My Street

I did a quick search and couldn't find this elsewhere on the forum, so here goes.......

Problems with potholes, dog fouling, open VM cabinets, street lights out etc..

Report it here..

http://www.fixmystreet.com/

Good idea if it works

[papa smurf]

just tried it what a great idea

[Pog66]

we've a light out on our street - but don't want to tell anyone, we like a bit of gloom in our corner

[Taf]

Specifically for potholes (I have made loads of reports recently as the council can't seem to find them!)


http://www.potholes.co.uk/

[Halcyon]

THanks for those links. Pot holes drive me crazy.

[AndyCambs]

Depends if the council have any money for pot holes of course. Ours has just squandered £12m on vamping up the town square with a water feature which can only be used in the summer, has caused cracking of the new pavings, and hasn't been used since last August after a couple of months on the go...

[roger skillin]

Fixmystreet has been running for years but thanks for reminding people about it, very useful site

[Taf]

I have sent off several notifictions of potholes to fixmystreet, but haven't had a single email to confirm my email addy so that the complaints get posted on their site and off to the council....

[Pog66]

Originally Posted by AndyCambs

Ours has just squandered £12m on vamping up the town square with a water feature which can only be used in the summer, has caused cracking of the new pavings, and hasn't been used since last August after a couple of months on the go...

WIth the current roadworks in around Peterborough you can't get to see them anyway!!

[Taf]

Originally Posted by Taf

I have sent off several notifictions of potholes to fixmystreet, but haven't had a single email to confirm my email addy so that the complaints get posted on their site and off to the council....

Still no confirmation emails... tried another email address too

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by AndyCambs

Depends if the council have any money for pot holes of course. Ours has just squandered £12m on vamping up the town square with a water feature which can only be used in the summer, has caused cracking of the new pavings, and hasn't been used since last August after a couple of months on the go...

Sounds as good as TFL streets (who maintain the A roads in my area). They spent thousands replacing the pavement on a street near us with a state of the art pavement with different textures near the traffic lights. It was all nice and flat (unlike the pavement it replaced) until three weeks later when they decided that (for the second time in a year) they needed to replace everything on the nearest junction (all the islands, traffic lights, signs and other equipment) and they decided to use the newly laid pavement as a parking place for all the heavy duty builders equipment.

[Pauls9]

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

Still a mechanism for reporting potholes before they turn into caverns is a good idea if the council responds promptly to the problem.

As I understand it, nowadays you can't sue the council for damage caused to your vehicle by a pothole unless they've been told about it. So anything that makes it easier to report them has got to be good.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Pauls9

As I understand it, nowadays you can't sue the council for damage caused to your vehicle by a pothole unless they've been told about it. So anything that makes it easier to report them has got to be good.

Some people get round that technicality by claiming the damage was done by a pot hole they put a marker around awaiting repair

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Gary L

Some people get round that technicality by claiming the damage was done by a pot hole they put a marker around awaiting repair

Always carry a can of spray marker like the council uses for road marking in the boot of your car

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Always carry a can of spray marker like the council uses for road marking in the boot of your car

Along with the set of 3 Police cones