Fix our funds to fix our roads

Council agreed again to fill the pothole in our 2023/24 highways funding from Government. An extra £7m of Lincolnshire’s cash is going into our roads.

Your County Views survey responses, FixMyStreet reports, and this campaign is strengthening the case for fairer funding in Lincolnshire.

If you or local businesses have been affected by poor road conditions, tell us. By talking about the impact the lost funding has on you, we can campaign Government together.

We expect there to be further funding cuts in the years ahead so please join our fight for crucial cash by sharing your stories below.

Council agreed again to fill the pothole in our 2023/24 highways funding from Government. An extra £7m of Lincolnshire’s cash is going into our roads.

Your County Views survey responses, FixMyStreet reports, and this campaign is strengthening the case for fairer funding in Lincolnshire.

If you or local businesses have been affected by poor road conditions, tell us. By talking about the impact the lost funding has on you, we can campaign Government together.

We expect there to be further funding cuts in the years ahead so please join our fight for crucial cash by sharing your stories below.

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  • Extra unwelcome expense

    by Chris, over 2 years ago
    I moved to the county in the summer and have since had to replace 2 damaged tyres and repair 2 cracked alloy wheels on large potholes. In 40 years of driving I have never had damage of this sort and the Lincolnshire roads are the sole reason. One road was at Hagnaby just outside Sutton on Sea and one by Fulnetby near Wragby. The expense, time and inconvenience is unnecessary as the roads should not be allowed to get to this state. Living in Hogsthorpe I was pleased however to see one series of potholes being repaired recently and the... Continue reading

  • Fix my street reports

    by Julie hillsmith, over 2 years ago
    I report pot holes in my area about 2-3 times a week on fixmystreet . I have reported some pot holes numerous times because they get repaired and then reappear. This is because the road really need a proper repair not just a touch up job. I have had two friends in the last two weeks stranded but tyre issues resulting from pot holes. Lincolnshire is a rural county lacking proper transport infrastructure so we rely on our own cars more than most and decent roads is part of that need. Please please please repair and resurface our roads properly.

  • Money for Newark but not for our potholes

    by Barbara Dibley, over 2 years ago

    When marginal constituencies and target seats like Newark got money for being 'deprived' - what a joke - I thought that as we are safe tory seats we would get less. Lo and behold they take money off us. The only way to get more money is to be a marginal seat then they will throw it at us. So, although it may well go against the grain, vote for anyone but the Conservatives at every opportunity as they are currently taking the you-know-what out of us

  • Pothole Management

    by Driving in the centre , over 2 years ago

    I regularly drive around Lincoln and North Kesteven for my work and on the B roads particularly I have to slow down and sometimes stop if a vehicle is coming the other way otherwise I would go down a pothole that would undoubtedly not only puncture my tyre but take out my wheel and probably the suspension…again!

    I regularly report potholes on the council website and have to say in the majority of cases they do repair the potholes, but it can take up to a month. However, sometimes they say they are not bad enough to repair! Months later... Continue reading

  • Very own fairground rides

    by Richard , over 2 years ago
    We’ve recently moved to the area from Yorkshire and can’t believe the condition of the roads around our area, particularly on more hazardous stretches of road that have shear drops in to drains. It’s only a matter of time before some dies in a ditch due to such bad road conditions. Me and my wife travelled on the coastal road from Huttoft to Sutton on Sea and I can honestly say I’ve now been on a fair ground ride that throws you about as much as that road does. You take your life into your own hands on that stretch... Continue reading

  • Painful car ride

    by AJTH, over 2 years ago
    I returned home from hospital and the ride was so uncomfortable after surgery and the constant bumps in the roads, due to uneven surfaces and potholes! This needs urgently addressing as even when health improved, still very uncomfortable and very costly to all drivers.

    We all pay a huge amount on road tax so get this done, where are all those funds going to when they should be used for roads!

  • Dangerous Potholes

    by Lisa, over 2 years ago
    Hi

    We run a holiday accommodation business in Blankney Fen and we get very stressed due to the big potholes.

    One part of the road had so many potholes you could not avoid them.

    The council did eventually attend to them (forgot one) but the companies do not do a good job and months down the line need redoing.

    The pothole they missed was just over the brow of a small bridge so you could not see it. This took them over a year. It is simply not good enough.

    We also have trouble with young people meeting on Blankney... Continue reading

  • Two main problems - Conservative governments and bodged repairs by Lincolnshire County Council

    by Fairplay, over 2 years ago
    There are two essential problems causing the appalling state of our roads in Lincolnshire.


    The first is that we have had Conservative governments since 2010 who refuse to provide sufficient funding for local councils to carry out even their most basic of duties and obligations. The grants to local authorities have been cut, and cut, and cut - with the inevitable result that the roads are collapsing - literally. Yet we continue to return Conservative MPs across the county - and as long as we do that the government knows it doesn't need to bother to fund us properly. The... Continue reading

  • Roads, Roads, Roads

    by AlanM, over 2 years ago
    Many roads in use today were conceived and built by the Romans, and for some of these roads, it may well be that an Italian in armour and Bronze Galeae was the last person to work on them.


    Take Ludborough Road in North Thoresby. Go on, take it. It’s rubbish and it’s not long had some work completed on it! Ludborough Road is one of 3 roads into the village, 2 of which are direct from the busy A16.

    It is a Road that has problems. Severe problems. I no longer have a 4x4 and when I traverse it’s length... Continue reading

  • Dangerous Potholes in Grantham

    by Smurf44, over 2 years ago

    5 January 2022.

    This is one of two deep potholes under the railway bridge in Dysart Road, Grantham. The photo was taken yesterday, 4 January 2022. Here, broken wires for the traffic lights sensors can clearly be seen, which is dangerous for all road users at this extremely busy junction close to where Dysart Road crosses Sankt Augustin Way. If the lights on both Dysart Road and Sankt Augustin Way fail due to damaged sensor wires, it will cause chaos at this junction. This pot hole and the adjacent one also under the bridge on the west-bound carriageway (going out... Continue reading

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