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Steve
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8th May 10 at 13:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Had a letter round saying they were resurfacing our roads. Great i thought they had become a bit broken up. They come and did it yesterday and this was the result



Seriously is that an acceptable resurfacing of a road? they have literally chucked a bit of bitumen down then dumped a load of gravel over the top. The result is, you cannot do any more then 10mph due to stone chip damage to the car, in places it 1inch+ thick loose gravel and is very slippy, heard several cars skid on it coming round this corner.

Aside from all of this do they really expect such a surface to last?

Is this an acceptable way to resurface a road? or is this another reason why i didnt vote Labour?

[Edited on 08-05-2010 by Steve]
SetH
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8th May 10 at 13:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
LOL looks like a WRC stage ffs
John
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8th May 10 at 13:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Equipment looks to be at the top of the road.

It's not finished is it.
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8th May 10 at 13:46   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
theres no equipment john thats a house lol, and they have finished, just in 10 days time they plan to come round with a road sweeper, thats it
Ojc
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8th May 10 at 13:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hi mate that's a nice road.
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8th May 10 at 13:57   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
they will leave it a week or so untill cars have driven over it and compacted it all down, then they come and hoover up all the loose chippings and go from there.

Its not that good but its not as bad as it looks or feals now. Its all they do around here. Also be carefull on it as its like marbels!
joe holvey sxi
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8th May 10 at 14:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol i know what i would do 30mph........handbrake.........slide...........wooo this it great........smash bang!!!!...............maby i shouldnt ov dun that =[
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8th May 10 at 14:05   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That's how they're all done near me. Goes alright in a few weeks.
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8th May 10 at 14:07   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I remember the days when whole roads were dug up and completely retarmacced used to last for years
John
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8th May 10 at 14:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They resurface now and you get water pooling the next day, complete waste of time.
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8th May 10 at 14:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thats what we get around here! Its terrible! Have done for years! And john thats the finished product. They just let cars drive over it untill it settles better!
John
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8th May 10 at 14:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've seen it on one road round here but it's certainly not common.
moka
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8th May 10 at 14:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They did this round the corner from me, it will be ok in a few days.
Adam_B
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8th May 10 at 15:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They do that on all the roads round here, its crap.
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8th May 10 at 15:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
This is an absoloute death trap way of repairing roads..

try riding a motorbike on surafces akin to riding on garvel
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8th May 10 at 15:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Did this on my part of my parents road a few years back, was a waste of money and stone chips were a nightmare !
Colin
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8th May 10 at 15:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Buy an old Impreza & drive up & down it like its a rally stage mate!!
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8th May 10 at 15:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is that even safe?
Steve
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8th May 10 at 16:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no not IMO, i want someone to crash on it tbh
mwg
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8th May 10 at 16:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I hate it when they do this. Splash and dash.

I demand nice new smooth black tarmac
Ben G
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8th May 10 at 16:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wtf is that

we got lovely new tar rounds round here when they resurface them.

BNP.
Ben G
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8th May 10 at 16:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by joe holvey sxi
lol i know what i would do 30mph........handbrake.........slide...........wooo this it great........smash bang!!!!...............maby i shouldnt ov dun that =[


thats probably why theres a big fuck off ''20'' sign at the side of the road then
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8th May 10 at 16:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They done the exact same ting to the road at the bottom of mine a few onths ago, cheap nasty way of resurfacing. Anything to save the council a bit of cash eh
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8th May 10 at 16:12   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nick Griffin would have been out there on his own with a spade and a metal bin with a fire resurfacing that road
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8th May 10 at 17:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
they done this to a 40mph road up from where i live. they through some of this chip things down and left it like that.

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