Sheffield Pothole City, Atrocious Roads as City Council Fells Trees Instead of Fixing Roads
Local / Sheffield Mar 21, 2018 - 07:26 AM GMTBy: N_Walayat
Sheffield's roads are in a truly atrocious state, streets littered with potholes and we are not talking about the odd one here or there but potholes that run the whole width and length of roads that are causing damaging to Sheffield's road traffic, tyres, wheels and suspension.
The Labour controlled city council signed the "Streets Ahead" PFI contract 5 years ago with Amey. And 5 years on the roads are clearly in worse overall state than before! There are even potholes appearing on newly resurfaced roads doing damage to the cities road traffic. What's worse instead of prioritising filling potholes the contractor appears to have become obsessed with the felling Sheffield's street trees, with a target recently revealed to fell HALF of Sheffield's street trees following the forced revelation of the 'secret' fellings target by the Information Commissioner.
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Whilst I am sure the contractor Amey will likely blame the potholes on the recent wintry weather, the so called 'beast from the east'. However, the contractor and the council should focus their scarce resources on fixing Sheffield's roads, on filling the potholes rather than diverting resources to the likes of felling street trees that many residents of the roads being targeted are opposed to.
By N Walayat
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