Flying Horse Lane, Bradley Green - CAUTION

[AlanW]

Unbelievably but they are "repairing" small sections of what is already probably the worst maintained road in the county. When I say repairing, of course I mean hot tar spray and chipping! Needless to say the road is now in a hell of a worse state (if that's possible?) with copious amount of chipping still remaining. Whoever at the Highways Department has passed that work as being even remotely acceptable should be sacked with immediate effect!!

So not only do you have to dodge the numerous potholes, you now have all the excess chippings to contend with. Needless to say I shall be writing and complaining to the Highways Department, and would suggest that as many people as possible do the same on the link provided.  Workmanship like this should NOT be tolerated, its our dam money being wasted for goodness sake

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[Leigh]

Have sent a blistering message . Hope they don't come for me .

[AlanW]

By means of an update and following my letter of complaint I would like to share with you all the comprehensive response from Worcestershire County Council and I quote :-

"this is jet patching process"

And that's it in all its entirety, including the lack of a capital letter at the beginning?  Needless to say I have since responded and thanked them for taking the time to provide such an in-depth overview.

[Sean Barker]

 

Whoever said "Sarcasm is the lowest form if whit" clearly never dealt with Mr Weaver.

[AlanW]

Copy of the letter that I sent to Mr John Smith - Cabinet Member of Highways

 

Dear sir,

As Cabinet Member with responsibility for Highways I was hopeful that you would care to investigate amongst other issues regarding the lane in question, the workmanship recently carried out on Flying Horse Lane, Bradley Green?

Despite numerous attempts at getting any sort of response from the Highways Department, I am now looking at other ways in which to generate a response, including letters to be published in the local paper.

Below is the last mail that I have sent to various high ranking officials at Worcestershire County Council:-

I feel compelled to write to you for a couple of reasons.

Firstly and with regards to the recent "repair" work that has been conducted on Flying Horse Lane, Bradley Green.  The work that has been carried out is nothing more than a disgrace and a complete and utter waste of tax payers money.  Furthermore, whoever has passed this work of as being to any sort of standard should be dismissed, it is an utter appalling show of workmanship.

A couple of years ago the lane in question was widened due to the increase of large agricultural traffic breaking the edges of the road and consequently creating large furrows on the grass verge.  As per the recent "repair" work, this was also a truly awful job that lasted just a few months before the sprayed on hot tar and chippings had lifted and had subsequently caused serious ribbing in the surface of the road and major potholes in countless places.

Without question, this particular section of road must be the worst maintained road in the county.  It is at the point now where the only remaining usable section of road is in the centre of the road.

Secondly and just to add salt into an already inflamed wound, I followed the link on the Worcestershire CC website about reporting potholes and also reported my concerns.  Yesterday I received an in depth reply to my complaint and I quote "this is jet patching process".

That was it, as short and as blunt as that, a truly wonderful example of English grammar don't you think?

So I would welcome a site visit with either you or even a representative of the Highways Team so that you can demonstrate to me exactly how well spent tax payers money has been and how proud you are of the workmanship.

To this end, I therefore very much look forward to hearing your response?


So with all the above in mind, I certainly suggest and whole heartedly recommend that either you or at least a representative of your department pays the lane in question a site visit and then I would be extremely interested to your honest and open views on this subject and if you deem the recent work to be an acceptable standard?.

With regards

[Sean Barker]

Be interesting to see the reply 

[AlanW]

Dear Mr Weaver,

 

I refer to your email to Jon Fraser dated 28^th April 2015  which has been forwarded to me for a response.

 

As you're aware, we have recently carried out some 'jet patching' work in Flying Horse Lane and whilst I understand that you may have concerns about the aesthetic nature of this treatment, its purpose is to deal with any immediate safety repairs and also to extend the life of the road.  The treatment makes good both the pothole damage and edge of carriageway failure along the route, whilst also sealing the surface against water ingress. 

 

In light of your comments, our Highways Maintenance Operations Manager visited the site to inspect the standard of workmanship.  He reported that the work was carried out satisfactorily .  We will, of course, continue to monitor the road condition during our routine inspections and any remedial repairs will be addressed.

 

Turning to your comments regarding our website, I must apologise for the comments you received.  This is certainly not our usual standard of response and I will ensure that officers are reminded of the need to provide an appropriate, useful response.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Rachael Benson

 

Member Support and Customer Relationship Officer

Customer & Community Unit

County Hall

Spetchley Road

Worcester

WR5 2NP

Tel: 0845 607 2005 (Worcestershire Hub)