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  by Julie, almost 5 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

  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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  by Chris, almost 5 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

  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 repair carried out properly with the repair sealed with over banding so it should last the winter.
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  by Julie hillsmith, almost 5 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.

  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.
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  Money for Newark but not for our potholes

  by Barbara Dibley, almost 5 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

  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
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  by Mick, almost 5 years ago
  The roads in the UK are shit… period.

  Lincolnshire is my home but I drive 3000 miles a month up and down the country and frankly, the roads are shocking!! Very few roads are of the same quality standard they were 30 years ago and it’s a regular posting of Facebook groups about damaged wheels etc caused by poor, substandard road conditions.
  Put my tax dollars to the use they’re supposed to be used for instead of funding politicians personal bank accounts and fix the bloody roads ffs

  
  

  The roads in the UK are shit… period.

  Lincolnshire is my home but I drive 3000 miles a month up and down the country and frankly, the roads are shocking!! Very few roads are of the same quality standard they were 30 years ago and it’s a regular posting of Facebook groups about damaged wheels etc caused by poor, substandard road conditions.
  Put my tax dollars to the use they’re supposed to be used for instead of funding politicians personal bank accounts and fix the bloody roads ffs

  
  
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  Pothole Management

  by Driving in the centre , almost 5 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

  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 when no doubt they have caused a few punctures they are in the realm of being bad enough to repair. There appears to be funding to repair just the severest of potholes and only then when a member of the public reports it. A lack of funding and investment into Highways has now resulted in a scenario where there is no proactive or preventive management of the rapidly deteriorating potholed roads. More money is desperately needed to invest in a road repairing teams that drives every bit of road in Lincolnshire to repair potholes as they find them rather than relying on the general public to have to go to the trouble of reporting them.
  
  It would be interesting to know how many accidents, injuries and possibly even deaths are attributable to potholes in Lincolnshire each year and how this would impact positively on the well publicised road safety campaign if they hadn’t existed

  
  

  
  
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  by Richard , almost 5 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

  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 alone. It’s just an example of the rest of the roads around the area. The street we live on is full of pot holes and they’re getting bigger and deeper by the day.

  
  come on let’s get the cash and repair these roads, most of the areas rely on tourists, they’ll not come soon because the road network is in such bad condition.
  
  

  
  

  
  
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  by AJTH, almost 5 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!

  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!
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  by Lisa, almost 5 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

  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 Barff in cars and driving dangerously and littering. This has also been reported.
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  Two main problems - Conservative governments and bodged repairs by Lincolnshire County Council

  by Fairplay, almost 5 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

  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 money goes, what little they're prepared to spend, where they can buy votes with it. Our votes are known - it's always Conservative, so they don't care.

  
  

  The second problem is that under the 'leadership' of Conservative Richard Davies this County Council has for years failed to use the money it has wisely. Repairs are very rarely carried out properly - they're almost always bodged, meaning that each repair has to be done several times instead of just once. Look around you - you'll know exactly what I mean. How long do their pothole repairs last? A few weeks at best? Each repair should involve the pothole being cut out, the road repaired with hot tarmac, and the edges sealed to prevent water getting in again. What actually happens is that a bloke in a van tips some asphalt into the hole, drives over it a couple of times, and drives off. Then he comes back and does the same thing every few weeks - or even days.

  
  

  Sheer, wanton waste and inefficiency. We have limited resources, thanks to Conservative policies - but wasting them in the way that Richard Davies and Lincolnshire Highways do is just plain crazy.