New Tourist Attraction in Pontfadog in Wrexham. The POTHOLE Tour.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

What a cracking story, villagers in Wales with a sense of humour.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62q74xyq15o

[BobbyH]

That is both funny and disgraceful.

Imagine living in a village and being felt like your forgotten about!

You know the council should step up to action when the village concerned is mocking the state of the road.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

I would bet good money that none of the Councilors live up those roads.

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, My Sons car was damaged by a large Pothole and he recovered the cost of repair from the Local Council !!! Perhaps we need a National Pothole get you car repaired money back scheme ??, It is rumoured that some Councils pay out more money for Car repairs than would fix the Potholes

[islandgun]

I think pontfadog means deep hole in Welsh

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Just now, islandgun said:

I think pontfadog means deep hole in Welsh

I thought it might be much ruder than that.   

[ShootingEgg]

2 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

I would bet good money that none of the Councilors live up those roads.

Unsure you can call them roads, it's not potholes it's physically missing tarmac.. more like broken down gravel tracks

2 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, My Sons car was damaged by a large Pothole and he recovered the cost of repair from the Local Council

Normally this only happens if they are aware of the pothole. So it would have had to be reported by someone before they then become liable 

[TIGHTCHOKE]

18 minutes ago, ShootingEgg said:

Unsure you can call them roads, it's not potholes it's physically missing tarmac.. more like broken down gravel tracks

I thought they were Welsh motorways...............

[dead eye alan]

So thats why the speed limit is 20 MPH cuts down the chance of damage claims.

[yickdaz]

4 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, My Sons car was damaged by a large Pothole and he recovered the cost of repair from the Local Council !!! Perhaps we need a National Pothole get you car repaired money back scheme ??, It is rumoured that some Councils pay out more money for Car repairs than would fix the Potholes

COMMON SENSE WARNING 

err could they not use the money to fix the roads in the first place just a thought like 😃

[Bigbob]

Hope there making money out of there idea LOL 

[oldypigeonpopper]

50 minutes ago, yickdaz said:

COMMON SENSE WARNING 

err could they not use the money to fix the roads in the first place just a thought like 😃

Hello, I said that to my Son but he was just happy to get the Garage Bill money back. He is 50 this year and already on Radio 4 and getting the Grumpy Syndrome 🤔

Edited 4 hours ago by oldypigeonpopper

[ShootingEgg]

7 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

I thought they were Welsh motorways...............

I'd not do 50mph on them 🤣 

[discobob]

10 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

I would bet good money that none of the Councilors live up those roads.

It’s funny, a local road, where some councillors live is always gritted and maintained 

7 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

I thought they were Welsh motorways...............

Oi!!!

 

living in the area, everything is being cut, with the exception of climate change and active travel budget!!

in Flintshire the biggest growing departments are these two. 
I currently have a FOI request regarding the lane we live on. 5 years ago it was tarmac’d, kerbstones, streetlights - then last week I found the tarmac had lifted above our dropped kerb!! This work was done under active travel.FYI I didn’t want it done!! It just needed fresh stone down