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100% car park use would raise funds

My experience in Stamford is of irresponsible parking on narrow unsuitable roads as well as half on pavements causing pedestrian's need to risk walking in the road etc. Anything and anywhere to avoid paying parking fees!

If central town roads were designated no parking areas and policed as such, car parking fees would generate cash to repair the Lincolnshire potholes.

This could apply to other ancient towns in the County too but I cannot comment on their situation.

Underground services reinstatements

As well as all the well known problems on our roads caused by heavy traffic, salt and poorly activated repairs by LCC , the never ending poorly -supervised reinstatements has been a concern of mine for ever.This is due solely to the highways department who have a perennial problem allowing service providers to do just what they like, in the knowledge that there will be no comeback.Better management practices, in my opinion, would massively reduce potholes from occurring in the first place.This should not involve any extra expenditure, and I can therefore understand central government in withholding funds , when…

My snapped spring

Recently I had the unpleasant experience of having the rear leaf spring on my truck snapped by running through a deep pot hole.I applied to lincs county council to fund the cost of the repair, which they did to approximately 70%, working on the fact the vehicle wasn’t brand new.What they seem to have forgotten was that the whole process was a complete pain, two trips to the garage, a vehicle off the road for 36hrs, the time and energy to gather suitable information to apply, in no way was I compensated for any of this.If I had hit this…

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