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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    A153

    by Lorraine Curtis, almost 3 years ago
    I have to say that the A153 between Sleaford and the coast is in a shocking condition. there are countless potholes and even surface slippage ( on the approach to Anwick from Sleaford) It is beyond comprehension that the road has had money spent on re white lining it , with the white lines disappearing into the potholes! You couldn't make it up. I realize the budget for this is separate and probably done by a different contractor but what a huge waste of money. The less said about Chapel lane in Anwick the better. It has to be the... Continue reading
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    Sutton Bridge

    by Stuck in traffic , about 3 years ago
    The works on Sutton Bridge are causing extensive distribution to the road network for the county and wider region. The A17 should be duel carriageway regardless. The bridge at Sutton is clearly not fit for purpose due to the need to have permanent signs saying queues likely, that highlights a prior knowledge of a road network design that isn't suitable for the volume of traffic. It is further compounded by the lack of public transport links in the area.
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    Pitts road Washingborough

    by Harry , about 3 years ago

    How much money does Lincolnshire CC waste???

    Never have I seen such a shoddy job!!

    When are you going to correct the ridiculous condition the road has been left in??

    You complain about lack of funds !?!?

    Please reply.

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    If the council have the cash to pay the claims then they have the cash to fix the potholes?

    by Kevin.Pridgen, about 3 years ago

    A few years ago I hit a pothole in the dark traveling from Metheringham to Woodhall Spa. It was severe enough to burst the tyre and shatter the hub and I had to pull off the road, in traffic and change the wheel. I claimed against the council and received over £800 pounds which still left me out of pocket but I’m sure is much more than it cost to eventually fix the pothole. If the council have the money to pay all the claims then they have the money to fix the holes?

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    Poor quality

    by CJ, about 3 years ago
    I understand that potholes need to be filled as repairing large sections of the road would cost far more, but there are so many repairs that are poorly done and do not last. The amount of potholes I’ve seen at the edge of our country lanes that have had poor repairs done, they do not last, what a waste of time, effort and money!

    Farmers vehicles are getting bigger, lorries using villages as rat runs, so it’s no wonder that the edges of the roads are getting worse.

    When repairs are done, they should be done properly and not just... Continue reading

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    Waste of taxpayers money

    by Tracie, about 3 years ago
    Last year a little B road near us was totally re done, tarmac and everything done as you would expect on a little country lane.


    This week a sign has appeared to say the same road is being re surfaced! What on earth is going on, its not even 18 months old!!. Our residential road which is opposite is full of pot holes and hasn't been 're surfaced' for the 15 years I have lived here. We report the pot holes as some are quite large, and they get filled, but not to a good quality because less than 6... Continue reading

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    Road tax

    by Concerned*me, about 3 years ago
    Why are we not expecting all road users to have to pay road tax,yes I am suggesting bicycle users and mobility users to pay,increasingly we have and increase of these road users, and they should contribute to fixing roads like any other users,soon help to increase funds then.
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    Wasted money

    by Sheila2468, about 3 years ago
    The state if the roads in places is downright dangerous. Deep potholes, ridges where roads have been patched. Too much money has been wasted patching and surface dressing, only for the holes to reappear days later. False economy!!

    Also when teams are out they only mend bits that are reported, only to make another journey another time to mend other nearby holes. What a waste of time and fuel.

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    Leave potholes

    by Simon, about 3 years ago

    Only a 1 meter strip on the nearside of the road needs to be maintained for cyclists. The rest of the road should be allowed to deteriorate naturally. This would slow down the excessive speed of dangerous road users.

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    Poor workmanshi

    by Clives, about 3 years ago
    The roads in Grantham are certainly a fine example of the work ethic of bodge it and scarper.Some of the so called “workmanship” really does biegger belief,they come back to the same pothole time and time again,rather than doing a proper job that will last it’s a case of Bodge it here is the invoice! No repair joints are sealed allowing water ingress and another job for the bodgers, it is more like job creation for the contractors.I slight defence of the council most of our roads have been reduced to patchwork of bodged tarmac patches by the so called... Continue reading