Fix our funds to fix our roads

For 2019/20 Lincolnshire County Council had its maintenance funding from the Government cut by a massive £12m. This was to have a huge effect on the county’s roads.

Because of the cash cut, county councillors voted to fill the void so that essential road works could still be carried out. They did this using council funding reserves for the year – but this is something that they won’t be able to do in the future.

This missing £12m pays for filling 24,000 potholes and rebuilding 37 miles of deteriorating road per year.

Now, as the Department for Transport begins looking

For 2019/20 Lincolnshire County Council had its maintenance funding from the Government cut by a massive £12m. This was to have a huge effect on the county’s roads.

Because of the cash cut, county councillors voted to fill the void so that essential road works could still be carried out. They did this using council funding reserves for the year – but this is something that they won’t be able to do in the future.

This missing £12m pays for filling 24,000 potholes and rebuilding 37 miles of deteriorating road per year.

Now, as the Department for Transport begins looking at funding allocations for 2022/23, we are calling on the Government to repair the £12m pothole it has left in our roads.

Cllr Martin Hill, Leader of Lincolnshire County Council, said: “It was incredibly disappointing when the Government cut our highways funding by 25% last February.

"We’re a large rural county and our residents place a huge amount of importance on well-maintained roads – something we’re doing our best to deliver but are struggling to fund.”

And this is where we need you to add your voice to our campaign to Fix the Funding so that we can Fix the Roads.

If you’ve been personally affected by poor road conditions, or your business has suffered as a result of the road system not being as good as it should be, then this is where your story matters most.

We want to hear from you. If you live or work in Lincolnshire then tell us about the impact this loss of funding has had on you. Join our fight for reinstating the crucial cash right here.

How does the current state of the road network affect you? As highways continue to degrade what will the long term effects be on you or your business? Tell us.

Every single story that you share with us really matters and is a valuable addition to the campaign for the missing millions in funding.

By talking about this we can all come together to campaign Government directly.

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  • Dangerous Potholes

    by Lisa, about 1 year 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, about 1 year 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, about 1 year 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, about 1 year 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

  • Roads

    by SittingDuck, about 1 year ago
    I wish that I could say something positive about our roads…..this is a WISH. I am unable to say anything positive.

    Repairs appear to be be poor quality patches….patches upon patches.

    outside this country roads are so much better.

    The current UK Government should be ashamed of the state of our roads, I am.
    The question is “why are the roads in such a poor state?”.

    The answer, in my view, is that the current Govermental administration in England is more focused of giving away MY MONEY to countries outside the UK than in using this money to look after... Continue reading

  • Outer Circle Drive, Lincoln

    by JDJ, about 1 year ago
    The majority of this busy road is in disgraceful condition. The noise from HGVs using it, as they rattle along, is terrible. It often floods in places and renders a Pedestrian Refuge unusable.

    The "improvements" made, particularly on the Wragby Road junction were a complete waste of money and inconvenience.

    The statement from your Highways Dept that the situation is being monitored is totally unsatisfactory.

    The road surface on some parts of the Ermine East estate was repaired even though it was in far better condition than OCD.

    It seems to me, and many other Council Tax and Road Tax... Continue reading

  • E-scooter rider killed by pothole

    by peter, about 1 year ago
    • In Spain, on 14June, an e-scooter rider (Marcos Blaso, 53) was found dying in the road after he hit a pothole on a quiet lane. His family are suing the local authority for not maintaining the roads in a condition suitable for the small wheels and high speed (at least 25km/hr) of e-scooters. Indeed, in the UK, a coroner found that the very first e-scooter death in the UK (Emily Hartridge, 35) was caused when she “lost control after passing over an inspector hatch in the cycle lane and was thrown under the path of an HGV”. Of... Continue reading

  • Drains

    by bullrush2000, about 1 year ago
    Most highway drains are only being cleaned once per year around April in the village. They should actually be done Oct/Nov after autumn-leaf-fall and most farm-harvest-debris was dumped on the carriageway. This would improve road (and pedestrian) safety during the wet and freezing winter weather. Further for highway safety a minimum of both these 6-monthly cleaning cycles should be done yearly because rural comunities have high farm/field vehicle activity dropping above average debris onto the roads, especially going to the processing plants (ie Staple, Leggates, etc.).


    Why is the April clean made in ignorance of the actual need?


    Note, some... Continue reading

  • Stephen Holland, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire

    by Stephen Holland, over 1 year ago

    Over the last 4years I have been forwarding potholes requiring repair that have been noted to me by local residents in Mablethorpe, Trusthorpe and Sutton-On-Sea. These have exceeded over 200 potholes and road surfaces that needed repair/replacing. Most have been done but not all at one time (Were numerous potholes have been forwarded up to 15, only four done) some are still outstanding or have been re-reported. This shows the dangerous contours of this road and still 3 others on same road. Not repaired after 6 years of arguing with Lincoln Highways.

  • Rachel.Martel

    by Rachel.Martel, over 1 year ago
    I have had two cars damaged by potholes. On my last car a suspension spring broke and had to be replaced and on my current car a deep pothole buckled and alloy wheel, which had to be replaced at a cost of £400.

    This particular incident happened in winter on a country A road. It had been raining, so visibility was poor and I was not driving particularly fast, but when I hit the pothole, there were two loud bangs and the steering was jolted so much that the car was flung onto the opposite carriageway. Luckily there was nothing... Continue reading

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