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09/07/2007 by simon.eden

Pothole on Stanstead Road

OH MY GOD !!! I just drove up Stansted Road and went down a pot hole which has severley damaged my car .... who can I contact to claim for damage ? [V]


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Reply ID 42580

09/07/2007 by dutch knight

Try this http://www.potholes.co.uk/?p=how_to_claim


Reply ID 42581

09/07/2007 by Leo Densian

Couple of links here that may be of use: [url]http://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/faultreporting/locate1.cfm?probcode=CWPTH[/url] [url]http://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/faultreporting/locate1.cfm?probcode=CWPTH[/url] Out of interest, just wondered if its a poor repair job from the recent sewer problems?


Reply ID 42583

09/07/2007 by shaun

Good to know, as a friend of mine recently had their tire ripped off the rim driving into a pothole, i will pass the information onto him. Question is how long will it take to repair the hole though?


Reply ID 42609

10/07/2007 by SallyB

simon.eden, could you please let us know the precise whereabouts of this pothole so that we may exercise extra caution in the area until this has been fixed? Good luck with your claim.


Reply ID 42630

10/07/2007 by frazer

I drove over it too, and my wheel made a loud clunk. I am hoping that it has not been damaged. It appeared as a sinking pothole, some tarmac has been shoved over it now hopefully until it is repaired properly. It is more towards the middle of the lane as you go up the hill, round the bend and it starts to level off. If that is any help.


Reply ID 42675

11/07/2007 by simon.eden

To be fair , the council have made a quick repair overnight - Have taken car to Mercs and have ben given clean bill of health , so it looks like I got away with it !!!


Reply ID 42879

19/07/2007 by xnetco

Looks like the pot hole is back. Big delays on that road this afternoon.


Reply ID 42880

19/07/2007 by Steve

You can report it online at http://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/faultreporting/locate1.cfm?probcode=CWPTH


Reply ID 42954

24/07/2007 by hertfordian

Hi Does anyone know what's happening re: the dreaded pothole? It's been cordoned off and there are traffic lights there but Herts Highways (or whoever) don't seem to have done *ANYTHING* to resolve the problem. This has now been going on for days and one wonders whether there are more serious problems with the road and they're just trying to stop things from getting past the point of no return and then being forced to close off the entire road... Hertfordian


Reply ID 42957

24/07/2007 by furrybunny

hertfordian, perhaps they are going to repair it at the same time as the drain in Bengeo! dream on....


Reply ID 42961

25/07/2007 by shunt

You can't do roadworks or lay surfaces in heavy rain, hence the usual summer season of roadworks and cones is well behind schedule.


Reply ID 44015

31/08/2007 by Steve

Still no progress on this. The hole is still there as are the traffic lights.


Reply ID 44018

31/08/2007 by hertfordian

I *did* see what looked like a Herts Highways van sitting by the hole on Sunday just gone but in the week, they really don't seem to be doing anything with it. What gives...???


Reply ID 44198

09/09/2007 by SallyB

The traffic lights were stuck on red in both directions for a large part of this evening. There were some moments of traffic confusion, followed by the prompt arrival of Motorway Maintenance men waving their yellow hi-visibility jackets to wave traffic through in an orderly fashion. I am not sure if the traffic light problem has yet been fixed, and certainly have no idea about the state of the drain - I'm just getting accustomed to having traffic lights at the top of Stansted Road now!


Reply ID 44292

13/09/2007 by Jackanapes

Is the end in sight for the great Stanstead Road pothole after just a mere 2 months? After the "small" pothole appeared it was patched fairly quickly, it quickly sank again and was then excavated to its current huge dimensions. Over the last couple of weeks they seem to be filling the hole with concrete. Not seen that done before. Hope it works.


Reply ID 44293

13/09/2007 by shaun

is this the one that has a set of temporary traffic lights around it?


Reply ID 44295

13/09/2007 by Steve

quote:
Originally posted by shaun
is this the one that has a set of temporary traffic lights around it?
Yes, as stated in a number of posts in this thread


Reply ID 44345

14/09/2007 by Steve

I see from The Mercury that completion of the work to repair this hole has an estimated date of XXX. Maybe the Sub-Editor was having a nap when the story arrived on his desk.


Reply ID 44347

14/09/2007 by Deveraux

Or maybe he knows more than we do!


Reply ID 44350

14/09/2007 by SallyB

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
I see from The Mercury that completion of the work to repair this hole has an estimated date of XXX. Maybe the Sub-Editor was having a nap when the story arrived on his desk.
30 of what - September? Or 2030? [:D]


Reply ID 44490

20/09/2007 by Jackanapes

jackanapes here reporting from the pot hole front line. It's almost finished! They'd almost filled the crater by Tuesday with concrete/cement and now they've put a layer of Tarmac on the top. Another layer of that and it should be done. If any roadworkers try to dig in that place again they'll have a surprise trying to dig into 2 meters of solid concrete.


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