tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665480232154402006.post2097779360791544705..comments2022-11-10T11:14:13.843+00:00Comments on St Albans Cycle Campaign - STACC: REPORT EVERY POTHOLE - for the Benefit of AllUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665480232154402006.post-77255047929030848072008-09-01T13:34:00.000+01:002008-09-01T13:34:00.000+01:00Near me HH is about to repair a section of road wh...Near me HH is about to repair <A HREF="http://www.fixmystreet.com/?id=23838" REL="nofollow">a section of road</A> which is currently running on its third set of patches in this particular section. (This was reported more than a month ago, but hey, who'se counting)<BR/><BR/>The repair people have come out and appear to have marked up the patches they expect to be repaired. (see <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetmike/2814316883/" REL="nofollow">this photo</A> From the looks of it this apparently leaves out several holes, and leaves the road surface in an uneven condition over the whole length of repairs. Unless HH repair the whole lot, they'll be needing to come back to fix what they've missed next year. And the year after and...<BR/><BR/>A similar patch and re-patch happened just up the road- after 4th generation patching crumbled HH finally came out and did the job properly- would've been cheaper if the job had been done right the second time round.Mike1727https://www.blogger.com/profile/15273426810423695341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665480232154402006.post-5234150772744297272008-08-31T00:07:00.000+01:002008-08-31T00:07:00.000+01:00There's an interesting item from minutes of the HC...There's an interesting item from minutes of the HCC Highways and Transport Cabinet Panel of 10/7/08 which can be found<BR/><A HREF="http://www.hertsdirect.org/yrccouncil/civic_calendar/archive/Highways%20%26%20Transport%20Cabinet%20Panel_5/Item8_permanentpotholerepair.doc" REL="nofollow">[HERE]</A><BR/>It tells of how potholes will be tackled in future.<BR/>Of particular importance - shown in Paras 4.5 & 4.6 - is the hazard classification & repair prioritisation - which HCC sees as a simple formula based on pothole dimensions, and relates to road hierarchy - not to vulnerability of the users. <BR/><B>So if you report the pothole's dimensions it might not be repaired so soon as if you just report it as DANGEROUS TO CYCLISTS.</B><BR/>Likewise, if it is on a B road (which cyclists tend to use). <BR/>I think we should campaign to get their 'simple risk assessment process' changed.STACC Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962526357841954054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665480232154402006.post-37120017873790306222008-08-15T20:11:00.000+01:002008-08-15T20:11:00.000+01:00I'm not sure. Maybe there is something we can use ...I'm not sure. Maybe there is something we can use here to at least help them to identify the worse holes and fix them the most quickly- possibly identifying potholes which need fixing most by estimating depth on the generous side could give them a better chance of faster attention. This is probably a nieve assumption, but there could be a shreadhseet socing system going on to identify hotspots and score them most highly for repair. <A HREF="http://www.fixmystreet.com/?pc=st+albans" REL="nofollow">Fixmy street.com</A> is useful to track faults too.Mike1727https://www.blogger.com/profile/15273426810423695341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665480232154402006.post-23821695239424997302008-08-13T23:28:00.000+01:002008-08-13T23:28:00.000+01:00A recent 'feature' that has been added to the poth...A recent 'feature' that has been added to the potholes reporting form is a number of fields where you are invited to add the dimensions etc of the pothole.<BR/>I decline to fill in these fields as I think that the info might be used to 'judge' that a pothole is not dangerous (e.g. 'cos it's not deeper than 47mm) so I suggest that others should not waste time filling these in either. (By definition it's also somewhat hazardous to crouch in the road to measure the thing!)<BR/>I will edit the main Post to add this soon - meantime this acts as a temporary tip.STACC Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962526357841954054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665480232154402006.post-49180451853004692102008-03-19T20:18:00.000+00:002008-03-19T20:18:00.000+00:00I hope that everyone reading this will report any ...I hope that everyone reading this will report any pothole they come across before there is another sad accident. <BR/><BR/>It may encourage people to know that the 40 (yes!) holes I've reported this spring have been attended to within 24 hours. <BR/><BR/>I report anything I regard as a hazard, whether 20mm deep or 100, commenting that it is a 'hazard to cycles'.<BR/><BR/>I've been pleasantly surprised and impressed by the service!<BR/><BR/>The repairs are not necessarily good, but at least something is done.<BR/><BR/>PeteOrbiterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13942196990127202835noreply@blogger.com