Crumbling Hull roads could be closed if cash runs out

“To close a road temporarily youu need a traffic order, to close a road permenantly you need to consult and would lead to a judicial revue which would cost more than fixing the road - so people of Hull start shouting let the councillors you elected know you won't accept this sort of treatment, they represent you and if they want to hang on to their fat expense checks and bursaries they better start listening.”

“sell the kc to the allams, problems over”

“How dare you insinuate I was having a snipe at unemployed people, it is people like you who sit on their backsides dictating to the world who make it such an awful place. My suggestions were whole hearted and born out of genuine concern both for people and for the state of the roads in Hull.”

“Drivers best start or increase the suing of the Councils when their vehicles suspension springs break due to pot holes. In the meantime Councils could do some forward planning by creating an easy to fill in claim form...perhaps a local rapidly expanding solicitor could advise on a no "shock" cost basis or we simply all just buy Chelsea tractors and start using the "smoother off road grass verges"”

“Since when has raking asphalt been a highly qualified trade? Semi skilled maybe and we would all be stuck without those that do but once again some posters throw in a childish comment thinly covering another snipe at the unemployed. My suggestion is that the first road to close should be the one from South Cave to Hull otherwise known as 'The Troll path'”

“Andy30104
Resurfacing is one of the advantages of a tarmac road. The process is generally fairly quick and can also be used to raise and lower levels of the road in problematic areas, of poor drainage for example.
Concrete roads are cast as a think reinforced slab, making it both difficult and expensive to incorporate future services within them. They are also UGLY, think about Bransholme and Sutton Fields, there might not be as many pot-holes, but the joints between the slabs make for a very uncomfortable driving experience.
Concrete roads are ideal for highways carrying lots of large heavy vehicles, but it's overkill for our inner city streets and suburbs.
The cost and disruption that would be caused by replacing existing roads with concrete would be astronomical, besides tarmac provides a better and safer driving surface - Resurfacing removes approximately 50mm of road surface and then replaces it, a concrete road would require new foundations which would mean excavating to a depth of around 600mm.
Concrete also creates tonnes of Co2 during manufacture.
The answer your question is yes, it would indeed be more expensive over the long term.”

“@I_M_Right

Concrete roads may be more expensive in the short term, but in 31 years and with approx 1000 buses a week and thousands of cars, my road has never been resurfaced. However the next road along which is tarmac has been resurfaced at least 5 times in the last 31 years. Can you honistly say that concrete is more expensive in the long run. As for noise, it maybe noisy on fast roads. But on slow intercity roads the volume difference is negligible.”

“I asked if you had anything constructive to add, not if you were going carry on like a spoilt child”

“charleswelton - Lets just say that I disagree with your last comment on this thread and that incompetence is rife througout government, local or otherwise as it is through you.

Oh and a bit of stcks and stones as well, after all you are the obvious target, what with all the drivel.”

“And have you anything constructive to add to the discussion or have you just come here to throw sticks and stones ?”