Road resurfacing, Amey & Streets Ahead

[WasThatWise 10]

I heard that two different sub contractors are used and that they work to different standards, can't quite remember the figures but it was something like one uses 3.5 cm depth of Tarmac and the other 5cm of Tarmac. It was a while ago so may not be correct figures but you get the gist. Would be interesting to know which contractor did which roads and how they are faring after say 5 years, think (again) was told the 3.5 cm depth would last about 5 years or so.

[Berberis 10]

The road resurfacing etc in Nether edge/brincliffe has been a shambles.. within 3 weeks of resurfacing on union road the road has been dug up twice by YW.

Also further along from the bus terminus the road has become prone to flooding due to substandard resurfacing. Part of union rd is still not resurfaced due to a Tree ..thats soon to be taken down apparently. .

The road resurfacing is welcome ..i doubt most of the roads haven't been resurfaced since the 80s at least

 

Yorkshire Water digging up the road is not the fault of Amey, emergencies happen and they need to get to the pipes.

 

In addition, road flooding is mostly due to the storm water drains being silted up. Yorkshire Water is in the process of cleaning them out, but to clean them all takes time. Observant members of the general public can always report silted up drains to Yorkshire Water to help speed up the process.

 

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I heard that two different sub contractors are used and that they work to different standards, can't quite remember the figures but it was something like one uses 3.5 cm depth of Tarmac and the other 5cm of Tarmac. It was a while ago so may not be correct figures but you get the gist. Would be interesting to know which contractor did which roads and how they are faring after say 5 years, think (again) was told the 3.5 cm depth would last about 5 years or so.

 

That sounds like nonsense. A contractor does not work to their standards, they work to the clients, Amey.

[ricgem2002 11]

The money is from a £2.1bn Private Finance Initiative. The sort of finance that is strangling the NHS !

all brought about by the conservatives

[Litotes 63]

Must be a record - Ecclesall Road South was getting dug up today even before the white lines had been put down on the new surface.

[Robin-H 11]

all brought about by the conservatives

 

PFI was used very sparingly under Major, and then expanded significantly under Tony Blair and New Labour.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/8779598/Private-Finance-Initiative-where-did-all-go-wrong.html

[carosio 186]

Upwell street's being dug up again, it's becoming nearly as bad as it was before!

 

Chaucer Road has been sliced across to supply the new pub being built on the end, not sure whether it's already been re-surfaced but it was pretty good until now.

[mogbad 10]

I heard that two different sub contractors are used and that they work to different standards, can't quite remember the figures but it was something like one uses 3.5 cm depth of Tarmac and the other 5cm of Tarmac. It was a while ago so may not be correct figures but you get the gist. Would be interesting to know which contractor did which roads and how they are faring after say 5 years, think (again) was told the 3.5 cm depth would last about 5 years or so.

 

Quite possibly one contractor resurfaces main roads (5cm) & another resurfaces the minor estate roads (3.5cm).

[ricgem2002 11]

PFI was used very sparingly under Major, and then expanded significantly under Tony Blair and New Labour.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/8779598/Private-Finance-Initiative-where-did-all-go-wrong.html

but started by the tories:roll:

[Litotes 63]

PFI was used very sparingly under Major, and then expanded significantly under Tony Blair and New Labour.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/8779598/Private-Finance-Initiative-where-did-all-go-wrong.html

 

True, but they were introduced by Major. The initial advocates of the "buy now pay later" economy.

[Guest makapaka]

I heard that two different sub contractors are used and that they work to different standards, can't quite remember the figures but it was something like one uses 3.5 cm depth of Tarmac and the other 5cm of Tarmac. It was a while ago so may not be correct figures but you get the gist. Would be interesting to know which contractor did which roads and how they are faring after say 5 years, think (again) was told the 3.5 cm depth would last about 5 years or so.

 

Thats not true - not saying your making it up but you've been misinformed

[Robin-H 11]

but started by the tories:roll:

 

I'm not sure what the underlying point here is? You were replying to a comment saying that PFI was strangling the NHS.

 

Under Labour, 90% of all hospital construction was funded by PFI agreements, but somehow you laid the blame with the Tories still?

 

Yes, the Conservatives initiated the first PFI scheme (a bridge), but Labour not only continued with PFI but vastly expanded it.

 

If you believe that the NHS is being strangled by PFIs, don't you think that Labour should shoulder the majority of the blame? The inventor of the gun doesn't get the blame when somebody else uses it.

[hackey lad 3,949]

I'm not sure what the underlying point here is? You were replying to a comment saying that PFI was strangling the NHS.

 

Under Labour, 90% of all hospital construction was funded by PFI agreements, but somehow you laid the blame with the Tories still?

 

Yes, the Conservatives initiated the first PFI scheme (a bridge), but Labour not only continued with PFI but vastly expanded it.

 

If you believe that the NHS is being strangled by PFIs, don't you think that Labour should shoulder the majority of the blame? The inventor of the gun doesn't get the blame when somebody else uses it.

 

stop talking sense . surely by now you know its all the tories fault

 

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True, but they were introduced by Major. The initial advocates of the "buy now pay later" economy.

 

as opposed to the labour borrow, borrow ,borrow and pay forever policy