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From AMuzi@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 17 12:43:54 2025

In UK, a cyclist's short video:
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c2d43wzz2ryo

And of course a humorist:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c234vr5nn57o

Some more serious comments: https://theweek.com/transport/britains-pothole-plague

The absurdity of regulations: https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-03-03/the-70-year-pothole-battle-which-has-left-residents-scared-to-go-out

And lest anyone on this side of the world feel smug, this
report just out:

https://reason.org/highway-report/28th-annual-highway-report/executive-summary/

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From Roger Merriman@21:1/5 to AMuzi on Mon Mar 17 23:23:31 2025

AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

In UK, a cyclist's short video:
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c2d43wzz2ryo

And of course a humorist:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c234vr5nn57o

Some more serious comments: https://theweek.com/transport/britains-pothole-plague

Essentially not been funded, like a number of things over last few decades.

The absurdity of regulations: https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-03-03/the-70-year-pothole-battle-which-has-left-residents-scared-to-go-out

Ah that’s we want our cake sort of thing, essentially folks have built
houses with private roads, and now want the council to foot the maintenance bills!

The councils have got a lot more cautious about adopting private roads as developers cut corners who’d thunk it!

Note there is no footpath standards, if it’s a public footpath aka right of way, then no maintenance is legally required, can’t block it and should
make attempts to clear fallen trees say but the surface not so much!

And lest anyone on this side of the world feel smug, this
report just out:

https://reason.org/highway-report/28th-annual-highway-report/executive-summary/

Roger Merriman

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