Fix our funds to fix our roads

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Engagement has concluded

Thank you for your contributions to our Fix our Funds to Fix our Roads campaign.

This particular campaign has ended, but you can access the Fairer Funding campaign page, which includes a letter to your MP template, here or via 'important links'.

This is what we asked you. The report has been used to inform future planning and can be made available on request via engagement@lincolnshire.gov.uk 

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

Thank you for your contributions to our Fix our Funds to Fix our Roads campaign.

This particular campaign has ended, but you can access the Fairer Funding campaign page, which includes a letter to your MP template, here or via 'important links'.

This is what we asked you. The report has been used to inform future planning and can be made available on request via engagement@lincolnshire.gov.uk 

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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  • Share Potholes cover the main road in my village- Lincoln road/Jerusalem road on Facebook Share Potholes cover the main road in my village- Lincoln road/Jerusalem road on Twitter Share Potholes cover the main road in my village- Lincoln road/Jerusalem road on Linkedin Email Potholes cover the main road in my village- Lincoln road/Jerusalem road link

    Potholes cover the main road in my village- Lincoln road/Jerusalem road

    by Hannah , over 3 years ago
    The main road in my village is falling apart and has potholes deeper than my ankle. They are so frequent that you can’t avoid them you just have to hope your car doesn’t break. And I don’t know if the paths come in the same pot of cash but they are a serious tripping hazard not to mention that these paths are outside two schools and a care home!
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    Valley lane/fen lane Long Bennington

    by Matt82, over 3 years ago
    I have now had 2 expensive repairs to make to my vehicle following damage from potholes on Valley Lane in Long Bennington. Each time I have reported these faults to the council they respond by filling a couple of potholes within around a month. There are also annual issues on Fen Lane, Long Bennington which the council respond in the same way. I understand the issues around funding but in my opinion the council do not help themselves, for instance they will repair a few potholes on fen lane one week then return on another day to do the ones... Continue reading
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    Louth area roads

    by VLH, over 3 years ago

    There is a nasty pot hole now in the road near the British Legion in Louth town centre.


    The road to Alvingham from Louth is full of pot holes and High Bridge Road in Alvingham is rapidly turning from a road into a track. As more houses are being built in Alvingham it is only going to get worse.

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    Mill Green road - Pinchbeck

    by Paul.Devey-2caub0c, over 3 years ago
    Over the past two years I have written 3 tyres off on the same stretch of road leading into Mill Green on the outskirts of Pinchbeck. It has been dark and after a heavy down pour the pot holes fill up with water making them nigh on impossible to see until the last minute when it is too late to avoid them.

    I have had the cost of one tyre refunded by the county council but this refund nowhere near covers the cost and inconvenience caused having to change the tyre in the rain and dark and then get a... Continue reading

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    Accidents waiting to happen

    by Batboo, over 3 years ago

    I live in the south of the county on the border with numerous other counties. All have significantly better roads than Lincolnshire. I have just returned from an area of the country which experiences significantly worse weather conditions than we do with considerable rain and snow: the roads were brilliant, not a pothole in sight. I cycle the roads regularly and it is not only a very unpleasant ride but also VERY dangerous both due to the need to swerve unexpectedly to miss potholes and large areas of damaged roads, risking moving into the path of cars, but also when... Continue reading

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    Worst roads in the country

    by Ali, over 3 years ago
    I have recently had a tyre blow out, alloy wheel damaged and alignment thrown out of line by hitting two pot holes on A17 at Leadenham. If a motorbike had hit the same it could easily have caused the rider to be thrown off which more than likely would have led to severe consequences. The state of Lincolnshire’s roads is the worst in the country, so bad that some of my close relatives and friends refuse to drive here for fear of hitting a pot hole or damaging suspension by being thrown around on roads that are worse than a... Continue reading
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    68julief@gmail.com

    by Julie, over 3 years ago
    My business premises are less than a half mile from the main A road to Skegness but people are being put off visiting due to the state of the road, some are even turning around just metres away because of the amount and severity of the pot holes. These holes are a constant headache and have been reported many times. No one has been to repair the road since March 2020 despite a road survey being carried out. The man who marked all the holes last March recommended the road be completely re-surfaced
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    Extra unwelcome expense

    by Chris, over 3 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
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    Fix my street reports

    by Julie hillsmith, over 3 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.
  • Share Money for Newark but not for our potholes on Facebook Share Money for Newark but not for our potholes on Twitter Share Money for Newark but not for our potholes on Linkedin Email Money for Newark but not for our potholes link

    Money for Newark but not for our potholes

    by Barbara Dibley, over 3 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