The roads in Flintshire are fast becoming akin to Moonscapes.

You don't drive to your destination, you bounce and bump there, wondering all the while whether your tyres, suspension or both are going to survive what is fast becoming an obstacle course. Some of these holes are literally several inches deep. Meantime our council tax has risen by 6.7 percent for this year: twice the rate of inflation and an outrageous hike.

If they ever get round to mending the roads, I'd make one plea of our local authority: when you fix, fix a bit more permanently. Don't just cone off the road for half an hour and shovel some tarmac into the hole. It'll last a few days at most, and you'll be back in a few weeks, or months' time. Surely a piecemeal approach which is bound to fail is a bigger drain on council resources than doing it properly?

One aspect of our public infrastructure which is NOT fixable by temporary means, under any circumstances, is the road surface. Technology, (when the job is done properly) must surely be good enough by now to withstand the demands of modern traffic volumes, and the highways departments need to take on board that a man with a shovel and a bucket of tar ain't good enough. Otherwise we'll start looking to Dyson to invent flying bicycles.

Edited by argybargy on 23/03/2018 at 09:27

The country is broke yet there are more millionaires (billionaires even) than ever before, and generally these people DO NOT pay anywhere near 20% tax on their income.

The multinational companies (at least some of them) are also good at negotiating typically less than 1% corporation tax rates. Try that with your family business and see how far you get!

The system is broke, the "country" has lots of cash, but those holding it dont spend it.