Pothole damage.. should the council pay?

[clubchamp98]

This 10 times over. I work a bit with councils in the field of road maintenance and they are under ever increasing pressure to save money so inevitably they do not have enough money to fix them all and when they do they sometimes have to use material that is not of the highest quality. Put simply, if you want very good quality roads then pay more tax and then ensure potholes is a vote winner so the government gives enough money to the local authorities to fix them promptly and properly. I suppose we could try melting down some commemorative Brexit 50ps to start with

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I think we the motorists pay enough tax.
But it’s not used on the roads.

 

[SocketRocket]

This 10 times over. I work a bit with councils in the field of road maintenance and they are under ever increasing pressure to save money so inevitably they do not have enough money to fix them all and when they do they sometimes have to use material that is not of the highest quality. Put simply, if you want very good quality roads then pay more tax and then ensure potholes is a vote winner so the government gives enough money to the local authorities to fix them promptly and properly. I suppose we could try melting down some commemorative Brexit 50ps to start with

How about we spend some of the huge tax revenue surplus we receive from immigration.