Poor road surfaces on our roads are the cause of an increasing amount of vehicular damage, including punctures, chipping, suspension and other related things. So reports the RAC.
Much of the damage has been caused by the Utility companies: water, gas, electricity, cable and phone lines. I've always maintained that they ought to be punished for this damage to public carriageways and completely re-surface an entire section of road if necessary; there should be legislation for this.
However, Roads Service contractors are not always re-surfacing roads to good standards either. One, mere, example is a small stretch of road near me at the Tillysburn/Parkway junction in east Belfast and the new asphalt surface is literally rough. Totally unacceptable; and roads' inspectors ought to be checking up on this and compelling the contractors to re-surface it again, on behalf of taxpayers. Payment could be withheld too, until a proper job is done.
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