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Need pot holes like a hole in the head? |
Are cheap and cheerful patchwork road repairs good enough? Some would agree this is acceptable to get the job done, however is it worth them being repaired temporarily to make people stop complaining?
Wouldn’t it be more efficient to spendtime and money making sure they are unlikely to appear again? Over the last few years our severe weather conditions have been eating away at our roads and unless we invest in snow tires, I personally don’t feel this is something that cheap and cheerful repairs is going to fix easily.
The government has been warned by the national breakdown service against this, that the attitude and approach to cheap and cheerful patchwork repairs is simply inadequate.
It is said that local authorities pay out millions of pounds each year in compensation claims to recover poor road conditions and potholes, majority of which have been cause by our previous years of bad weather conditions in the UK. If more resources were made readily available for the upkeep of highway maintenance then this situation and cost could surely be prevented?
An interesting result from a recent report from the Asphalt Industry Alliance showed that if we combine England and Wale’s road repair costs together, would total to £10.65 billion poundsand it has been said that this process would take up to a total of 11 years.
For many of our drivers here at BWOC the upkeep of highway maintenance is vital as they are constantly on the go, it is important that we encourage the government to make the roads as safe as possible to ensure your fleet and our fleets are guaranteed a safe journey. The majority of our drivers travel long distances in any one time to distribute Bulk Fuel to customers.
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Author: Emma Keast
Blog Focus: BWOC Bulk Fuel Fuel Card Services
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