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A long and bumpy road:cars, potholes, money, roads
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Posted At 13/05/2009 chocolatecake1  |
I wasn’t surprised to hear that Britain's crumbling roads are costing the country £20 billion every year. Motorists pay £46 billion a year in taxes but just a sixth of that is spent on roads - and a mere £2.7 billion on road maintenance.
As a result, no win no fee lawyers are calling upon the Government to ease congestion by adopting a few relatively low cost measures such as repairing potholes – especially as the top 10 worst A-roads are mostly commuter roads. |
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chocolatecake1
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Subject: A long and bumpy road:
Posted At: 13/05/2009 11:06:56
I wasn’t surprised to hear that Britain's crumbling roads are costing the country £20 billion every year. Motorists pay £46 billion a year in taxes but just a sixth of that is spent on roads - and a mere £2.7 billion on road maintenance.
As a result, no win no fee lawyers are calling upon the Government to ease congestion by adopting a few relatively low cost measures such as repairing potholes – especially as the top 10 worst A-roads are mostly commuter roads. |
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Qwertyui
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Subject: Re: A long and bumpy road:
Posted At: 13/05/2009 19:23:59
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ROAD TO HELL
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Subject: Re: A long and bumpy road:
Posted At: 17/05/2009 10:53:29
You don't need a dodgy lawyer to help make a profit out of your loss.
Just report the pot-hole to the highway authority, take a picture, get a repair estimate, write to them and threaten to sue. £51m was paid out last year. |
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