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• 100% car park use would raise funds

  by Val.Harvey, over 2 years ago
  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

  by Peter.Mills, over 2 years ago

  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... Continue reading

• Like many others, it is the potholes that need fixing, they need doing properly though. Like of funds must be addressed

  by Mike G, over 2 years ago
  The road around Market Rasen area have terrible potholes and though some get fixed there are many more to mend. They need to be done properly though, I try and avoid if I can but some of the thumps I have heard under my vehicle in this area, feel like running over a ploughed field. We need our funds to be increased, not cut.

• Country Lanes

  by sah, over 2 years ago

  There seems to be an increase in heavy vehicles using country lanes particularly when bypassing issues on A17 or A1. So verges get damaged and potholes appear and reappear. Plus in our village’s case buildings and cars can get damaged when lorries discover it’s not suitable to transit through too late. When this has been raised with the Council we have been told that access cannot be restricted; however, for safety and to protect our rural road system I think we need to put restrictions in place. Prevention is generally cheaper than cure after all.

• a pound in your pocket . . .

  by David.Kirshner, over 2 years ago

  People complain about potholes. This is due to LCC's grant being cut by Central Government by over 49% over the last few years. A Tory Government who seek to operate a low tax economy, thereby 'leaving more money in your pocket'. Most of Lincolnshire vote Tory, so when they hit a pot hole and ruin their tyre/wheel /hub /car, they will at least have their pound as recompense.

• Lincolnshire council wasted pothole money

  by Steve.Adamson, over 2 years ago
  Lincolnshire county council wasted money doing unnecessary and ineffective road improvements, such as brant road junction in Lincoln, which actually made the road system worse. Id they weren't doing this sort of wasted work they could easily have afforded to fix the roads, instead of trying to blame central government

• Boston Villages

  by CaroleG, over 2 years ago

  Many roads in Lincolnshire are without curbs or support along road edges, without any kind of drainage but are used by heavy lorries as “rat runs”. the road I live on has no pedestrian pavement, is a 60 mph limit but has many houses on it. Residents are forced to walk along the road to get to the bus stops, post boxes, local facilities. The weight of traffic of huge lorries delivering aggregate to a near by cement supplier leads to the side of the road breaking up with big dips, ruts and subsidence. I have reported many of these... Continue reading

• Skegness Roads

  by Old Ganian, over 2 years ago

  The rapidy deteriorating condition of the major roads of Skegness (and the delays in repairing Roman Bank leading to the adjoining roads being overused and therefore crumbling) will have a long term effect as visitors to the resort will always take away a lasting picture of the state of these roads, their being the first and last things they will experience.

  It is no longer possible to travel anywhere in Skegness without hitting a pothole or crumbing surface. This means that, as a resident of Burgh le Marsh, I no longer go into Skegness unless it is really necessary, my... Continue reading

• Rural rampage

  by Dave.Manning, over 2 years ago
  Many of the rural roads around Lincolnshire are in a terrible state. Potholes big enough to swallow cyclists hole, and some roads are bumpier than a topographic map of the Alps, and equally as dangerous.

  Clearly, more money is needed to repair these roads, so how about Lincolnshire council spending less on road-lighting (which would aid in bringing the benefits that befit a 'dark sky area') or less on cutting the grass on verges, also hugely benefitting wildlife and biodiversity.

  Fining agricultural businesses for covering public roads with mud sometimes several inches thick would also bring in revenue and also... Continue reading

• Towngate East - Deeping St James

  by Mrs P-T, over 2 years ago
  Used by buses and countless other road users the work to repair potholes has only gone so far. The stretch between Linchfield Road and Hall Meadow road has cost me two tyres in the past year alone. With car dodging from one side of the road to the other it’s getting impossible to avoid some sort of accident. There are two many holes to report individually but please take a look before someone has a a serious accident.