Council fixed the road

[FarmerPug]

I know the roads are covered in potholes, and other things that enjoy buckling wheels, and wrecking suspension. The road beside the farm had got very bad in recent months so i decided to write an email to the council, no reply surprise, then i decided to use copy and paste then send the same email from two different addresses i have each day, repetitively for 2 weeks until i received a letter saying that they would review the road.
A week passed and they said the road was scheduled for resurfacing, this sign went up:


then the contractors came and left this at the farm:


the work started:




and now the road is as smooth as a snooker table, they even gave us a few load of old shavings
A few letters seems to make the difference, and this is out in the countryside for a fairly quiet road, if your fed up with the price of fuel and car tax it seems only fair that the roads are in a good condition

[sirwiggum]

Best time of year to get them to do stuff, just before the budget runs out in April and they have to use it all up!

They put a temporary surface on the Ravenhill Road, and it is a fantastic surface to drive on. No doubt they'll put a top layer on of rough stuff to keep German car drivers happy.

[FarmerPug]

Whats amazing about the resurfacing is they have done the full mile of this road, not just the bit to the houses, and then even the back roads further past that have been done, they even filled in a cattle grid for my grampa.

Here is the finished pictures of the road:




The only issue is there is some speeders now whizzing up the road, most locals still drive at a safe speed but some eejits are driving too quick.

[Welly]

Nice one Farmer, persistence has paid off.

They use the 'patch and make do' approach around here

[scotty73]

Nice one Farmer, persistence has paid off.

They use the 'patch and make do' approach around here

Theres an old mountain road going to my local asda i use it because it's quicker than the dual carriagway and this time every year theres always huge potholes on this one bend, you can rarely avoid them and it's like driving on cobble stones.

Every year is the same they patch it up instead of re laying the stretch its only 50 to 100 yards why dont they just do it properly and be done with it?

[FarmerPug]

That was part of my letter i said "previous attempts at fixing the road have included filling the affected areas in with tarmac which lifts up in the frost making the area worse are not a long term solution, the road in its current state needs to be resurfaced."

[sirwiggum]

Did they raise the drain covers?

That gets me, Ormeau Road -> Saintfield Road in Belfast, S4 road, need to be in left lane to turn off for home, but its a very narrow road and a wide car like the Honda you need to keep far left, so it bounces in and out of the drains as they retarmac the road but never raise them.

Ravenhill Road resurfacing they put drainholes in the kerbs, which seems like a good idea.

[FarmerPug]

The main collegeland road, was resurfaced a few years ago they had cut it up for some massive sewage pipe between lurgan and dungannon, but when it was resurfaced the drain holes were recessed for about a week but then they went round them all and raised them.
This road, has no drain holes or electrical junction boxes on it.
england might be different but for here in northern ireland this form is the way to get through to the right people:
https://applications.roadsni.gov.uk/RDS ... Fault.aspx