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Please list links all and every Pot hole Campaign and story that you can find in this thread.

The Essex Chronicle - Essex
The Bolton News : Link Here
"Last week we featured some of the worst potholes and road surfaces in the town in The Bolton News.
Bolton Council has special road maintenance teams which assess and carry out repairs on potholes across the town.
Problems can also be reported by calling Access Bolton on 01204 333333."
They also have links about Road Spending here
For cyclists in their area have been reporting to :
www.fillthathole.org.uk

Daily Express Report's on Navestock here and here

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Not really a campaign or a story, but it sheds some light as to why it happens:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7987486.stm

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Here is another from AutoCar HERE
or copy, paste : http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArtic ... rs/239565/

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That is an over simplification.
Many of the potholes in Cumbria - a wet climate and extremes of weather - might lead you to expect frost damage - but too many of the potholes here are due to poorly laid tarmac, and lack of planning for the size and weight of vehicles using certain roads.

We have roads where multi axle trailers make tight turns into roads, and simply twist within their own length, and scrub the tarmac.
Elsewhere, road works have not been re-instated to a high enough standard, and subsidence has occurred.

There seems to be a lack of understanding in the highways department as to how weights and usage affect the infrastructure, and a lack of basic knowledge of the sort of traffic using some of our roads.

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