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Pothole Mania

Over the past few month I have been on a quest to improve the situation on Diamond Road in Thornaby and try to get the pot holes filled in before the planned resurfacing this summer. Now many people may think why bother if its getting resurfaced, the problem with it is that as a major road through Thornaby it has an higher than average vehicle use and the road gets crossed by many hundreds of pedestrians each day.

If someone was to fall and get caught up under a car, who would be footing the bill. That's right us, the taxpayer. But its not just pedestrian safety I am thinking about damage to vehicles and bicycles will cost quite a bit to fix if you where to hit a pot hole.

A couple of weeks ago, I managed to get Stockton Borough Councils Highways to come and fill in some of the more dangerous holes and this they did within a short period. However when you look further down Diamond Road, like many in Thornaby it is covered in pot holes, both big and small.

Yesterday (30/04/16) I sent an email to the chief executive of Stockton Borough Council asking for a crew to come out and fix the road surface. If it means a bill needs to be sent to the Developers for causing most of them, that should be a good thing, after all 8 lorries a day and various construction vehicles causes more damage than a cyclist and a pedestrian.


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