There are times when I really want to wring the necks of people at the Council.

 

They've resurfaced a section of road that didn't need resurfacing, and to make matters worse they did it with the "dump a load of chippings on the road and let the traffic roll it in" method which causes all sorts of damage to cars.

 

However they haven't touched the entrances & exists to the roundabouts that are within - in some cases - 100 yards from the bit that they have resurfaced. It really does look like they are trying to **** money up the wall. If we were approaching April, I'd be suspecting that they were "budget-dumping".

 

Utter, utter muppets.

What about the new bypass lol

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East Riding. Let me guess.

That's a Labour council right?

Labour? You must be joking. I'm surprised that the roads are painted blue around here!

It's a very Tory area

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There are Red spots; Bridlington and Hull are both Labour areas IIRC, but outside those urban areas they'd elect a tub of lard with a blue rosette.

I once observed a similar example of what on the surface appeared plain daft, resurfacing a stretch of road up to a roundabout, but leaving the actual roundabout untouched, despite it's surface being in much worse condition than the stretch that was resurfaced. Such was the level of wear the top level of asphalt was piling up on the outer edge of the outside lane.

 

After firing off a quick email to the local Council asking them why'd they'd left the roundabout untouched a guy took the time to pen a quite detailed response on how there were future plans which involved the local Council and Highway's Agency to repair the roundabout together with other significant improvements.

 

This demonstrated to me that there are often other elements at play that aren't immediately obvious to Joe Public like me.

I take your point but I reported the condition of the roundabouts to the Council about three months ago, having established with them that they were responsible for them not the Highways Agency. 

 

It may well be that they plan to resurface the roundabouts soon, but even if this is the case then it shows the council to be **** poor at priority setting.

It's the same in Lincolnshire on the A15. 4 stretches of my 18 mile route have had chippings put down with more likely in the coming weeks

Hot tar and chippings over the existing worn surface is quick and cheap. Removing the old surface and relaying brand new asphalt I would imagine is significantly more expensive.

 

Another reason given to me by the Council for the processes used was reduced budgets, they simply don't have the money to repair all roads that desperately require it.

 

I would be tempted to ask the Council why they chose not to resurface the roundabout. I was pleasantly surprised with the response I received.

 

Luckily the roads that have been covered in chippings near me are frequented by heavy buses and lorries which quickly presses the chipping firmly into place.

 

What is frustrating though is how those same vehicles rip up the surface (especially on junctions) when the weather is as hot as it has been today and the tar underneath begins to melt. There is one particular T-junction where the wheels of the HGV's have worn troughs into the surface only a few days after the chippings have been laid.

Hot spray, chipping and an initial rollering is a quick (and cheap, but this is "cost effective" which a Yorkshireman should appreciate) way to refresh the "wearing surface" as long as it's in basically decent nick (no spalling, potholes, mass heave or rutting).