do you remember my success with that threatening 'pay us tax or it'll be double on the car you no longer own' letter? well i'm gonna try my luck with the DoE now
... or should I leave it? been bugging me for ages....
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to draw attention to the poor quality of road repairs on a number of roads local to myself.
Firstly, the Clonmore Road is currently undergoing some pipe laying. As the work moves along the road there are shocking repairs to the road left behind. There are many patches of tar which sit both an inch below or above the usual road surface. This as you can understand is very hard on a vehicles suspension, and makes for a very harsh ride. This is not helped by the fact there has been a large pot-hole left, that the temporary traffic lights set up did not work for a week (and the roadworks are on both sides of a blind corner), and the lights were removed for a while leaving the barriers covering one side of the road round the same blind corner. How this is acceptable I do not know.
At the other end of the Clonmore Road there is a section of road, which, amongst other locations, was recently covered in this loose gravel type road surfacing. I don’t know how this idea was supposed to work, as this surface was extremely dangerous leading up to a tight corner, and took months to bed in. As yet there are still loose stone chippings and driving on this surface still poses a substantial risk.
The same holds true for the junction of Coash Road and the Ballynakelly Road. The Ballynakelly Road received this same gravel type road surface, and the edge of it spilled over onto Coash road. A number of months later and there are still loose chippings at this junction, making it extremely hazardous due to lack of braking grip, and traction to accelerate from the junction.
It worries me also that the ongoing roadworks on the Dungannon-Coalisland Road will suffer the same fate as the Clonmore Road. It was an exceptionally smooth road, until now, where there are now many patches of tar covering the holes dug. These make for another harsh ride, and unless addressed immediately whilst the contractors are still on the road, may get much worse.
What I can’t understand is how the Road Fund Licence I pay can be required in order to subject my spine and car to this kind of abuse on the roads. To me, it seems as though some care needs to be taken with the upkeep of our infrastructure, particularly in an area with over a dozen multi-million pound revenue businesses making shipments by road every day.
Yours faithfully,
Laird Sir S_S
[edit: p.s. this ^ is correct
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The Skoda Haven
Northern Ireland
7th December 2006
Northern Ireland
7th December 2006
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to draw attention to the poor quality of road repairs on a number of roads local to myself.
Firstly, the Clonmore Road is currently undergoing some pipe laying. As the work moves along the road there are shocking repairs to the road left behind. There are many patches of tar which sit both an inch below or above the usual road surface. This as you can understand is very hard on a vehicles suspension, and makes for a very harsh ride. This is not helped by the fact there has been a large pot-hole left, that the temporary traffic lights set up did not work for a week (and the roadworks are on both sides of a blind corner), and the lights were removed for a while leaving the barriers covering one side of the road round the same blind corner. How this is acceptable I do not know.
At the other end of the Clonmore Road there is a section of road, which, amongst other locations, was recently covered in this loose gravel type road surfacing. I don’t know how this idea was supposed to work, as this surface was extremely dangerous leading up to a tight corner, and took months to bed in. As yet there are still loose stone chippings and driving on this surface still poses a substantial risk.
The same holds true for the junction of Coash Road and the Ballynakelly Road. The Ballynakelly Road received this same gravel type road surface, and the edge of it spilled over onto Coash road. A number of months later and there are still loose chippings at this junction, making it extremely hazardous due to lack of braking grip, and traction to accelerate from the junction.
It worries me also that the ongoing roadworks on the Dungannon-Coalisland Road will suffer the same fate as the Clonmore Road. It was an exceptionally smooth road, until now, where there are now many patches of tar covering the holes dug. These make for another harsh ride, and unless addressed immediately whilst the contractors are still on the road, may get much worse.
What I can’t understand is how the Road Fund Licence I pay can be required in order to subject my spine and car to this kind of abuse on the roads. To me, it seems as though some care needs to be taken with the upkeep of our infrastructure, particularly in an area with over a dozen multi-million pound revenue businesses making shipments by road every day.
Yours faithfully,
Laird Sir S_S
[edit: p.s. this ^ is correct
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