Curtains Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 What's going on and why no repairs. Just went down a massive one on my bike on Kings Croft . Holes in the roads everywhere in Allestree Accidents waiting to happen My back is really hurting right now from the jarring effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete2 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Whose job is it to fix the roads? I havent noticed pot holes in allestree any worse than anywhere else, its the cutbacks I guess plus a couple of harsh winters. Blame the Tories, council (still labour?) Maggie thatcher,blame the parents, the EU, the immigrants, the Banks, or all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesterRam Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 they currently have the same priority as libraries, street lighting and refuge collection and yes your council tax will be going up, only in the UK is this acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 11 hours ago, PistoldPete2 said: Whose job is it to fix the roads? I havent noticed pot holes in allestree any worse than anywhere else, its the cutbacks I guess plus a couple of harsh winters. Blame the Tories, council (still labour?) Maggie thatcher,blame the parents, the EU, the immigrants, the Banks, or all of them. Blame Keogh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 You won't find any a bit further up on Burley Hill,Quorndon, That's were the money lives. Wierd that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Never seen it. Sounds like they need better writers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Wasn't Allestree the place where debtors went because it was outside the legal boundaries of Derby at one time. The potholes were caused by the pikey fookers digging holes to hide their money........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 21 hours ago, curtains said: What's going on and why no repairs. Just went down a massive one on my bike on Kings Croft . Holes in the roads everywhere in Allestree Accidents waiting to happen My back is really hurting right now from the jarring effect Derby City Council are responsible for repairs to potholes, I'm sure they are. I recommend you go to the docs for your back then complain to the council about it, make sure it gets reported. They are to blame as they are not maintaining them, so see if you can claim compensation for any loss of earnings, damage to your bike, etc. http://www.derby.gov.uk/community-and-living/safety/pavements-personal%20injury/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Stop electing right wing governments that cut budgets to local councils and try and sell everything off. Allestree have elected 3 Tories and like Spondon nothing gets done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 8 minutes ago, McRamFan said: Stop electing right wing governments that cut budgets to local councils and try and sell everything off. Allestree have elected 3 Tories and like Spondon nothing gets done. That's because the majority on the council is Labour and they don't like Tory areas. They couldn't give a **** about Allestree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 41 minutes ago, ladyram said: Derby City Council are responsible for repairs to potholes, I'm sure they are. I recommend you go to the docs for your back then complain to the council about it, make sure it gets reported. They are to blame as they are not maintaining them, so see if you can claim compensation for any loss of earnings, damage to your bike, etc. http://www.derby.gov.uk/community-and-living/safety/pavements-personal%20injury/ My back is ok now but no thanks to Derby City Council. Thanks for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 7 hours ago, uttoxram75 said: Wasn't Allestree the place where debtors went because it was outside the legal boundaries of Derby at one time. The potholes were caused by the pikey fookers digging holes to hide their money........ So they could spend it at a later date on the Horse Racing in Uttoxeter lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Take photos of "Potholes in Allestree" and create a 2017 calendar. A bloke from Redditch made money from his "Roundabouts in Redditch" calendars so there must be an untapped market out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Ya'd have a lot of calenders Steve! Some stunning images from Spondon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 1 hour ago, curtains said: That's because the majority on the council is Labour and they don't like Tory areas. They couldn't give a **** about Allestree. A majority of one, so fundamentally SFA gets done. Sack the lot and run the City as a business, no political persuasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesterRam Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 1 hour ago, curtains said: My back is ok now but no thanks to Derby City Council. Thanks for the information. no its not, its hurting beyond belief... I would take a photo of said pothole with a ruler bridging the hole, the damage to your £2000 chris boardman bike was beyond repair and you can no longer travel to work thus stopping you providing for your healthy living family (all veggies), you now have to pollute our green and pleasant land by traveling to work in your 6.0 litre mustang which up until now only occasionally nips to the local coop for cous cous and fair trade bananas... no I haven't been drinking, do not take drugs and yes, I would make a fine solicitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 Lol Have a look at my cover photo on my profile and see just one of said pot holes on Park Lane Allestree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesterRam Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 5 minutes ago, curtains said: Lol Have a look at my cover photo on my profile and see just one of said pot holes. that's terrible mate, you find all drain covers are awful on a bike, you either have to go over the top (bmx styley) or go around the obstacle and clear up upcoming cars, no win situation.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 1 minute ago, LesterRam said: that's terrible mate, you find all drain covers are awful on a bike, you either have to go over the top (bmx styley) or go around the obstacle and clear up upcoming cars, no win situation.. Been straight over the handle bars in one of them lol. That shook me up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Here's how it is. Council services are pared to the bone because of cuts in central government funding. They simply can't afford to proactively have a team of people out and about searching for potholes to fix. The key is that you can report all of these things on the council website, and then they miraculously get fixed. If they don't know about them then they don't get fixed. The list of stuff reported on the website effectively makes up the job sheet for the day http://www.derby.gov.uk/report-it/ If you report it and it still doesn't get fixed, then by all means have a moan about the council, but I realise that it's the "Allestree way" to just moan about stuff with some sort of sense of entitlement that you don't have to actually do anything to help yourself. And that's not a personal dig by the way, I realise you were just posting chit-chat on a football forum, but I grew up in Allestree and if it's a dig at anyone, it's a dig at my parents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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