[2026betterroads]

Anyone else noticed road repairs only last a few months lately?
There’s a petition about making them last longer if anyone’s interested:

[Rolebama]

This is third hand info, so maybe not as accurate as I would like, but definitely food for thought.
Apparently the company that specializes in road repairs for Beds County, has run out of tarmac!!!
Their contract with the County also precludes them of any responsibility if the repair should fail at any time after they have left the site!!!
I couldn't make it up.
I sent my Borough an email last week to see if there could be any relevance to the state of our roads. No response so far, and I'm not holding my breath.

[2026betterroads]

Originally Posted by 2026betterroads

Anyone else noticed road repairs only last a few months lately?
There’s a petition about making them last longer if anyone’s interested:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/760798

[2026betterroads]

@Rolebama

please share
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/760798

[Lily]

@2026betterroads welcome to the Community and thanks for sharing! How are you finding it?

We wish you good luck with your petition.

[NMNeil]

Originally Posted by 2026betterroads

Anyone else noticed road repairs only last a few months lately?
There’s a petition about making them last longer if anyone’s interested:

Maybe ask the powers that be if they can extend this proposal from 2019 to include borough councils.
https://www.racfoundation.org/media-...r-road-repairs

[2026betterroads]

Originally Posted by Lily

@2026betterroads welcome to the Community and thanks for sharing! How are you finding it?

We wish you good luck with your petition.

Thank you and thanks for support

[2026betterroads]

@NMNeil
Good shout — and that’s actually been proposed before.


There were plans to extend guarantees on roadworks (even up to 5 years), and suggestions it should apply to all contractors, not just utilities.


This is basically pushing that idea further so everything is held to the same standard.