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11-11-2005, 06:43 PM
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Sublime
Join Date: Jan 2005
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well i got a bit of a surprise to see this at the end of my street.
its a pothole and a half! its about a foot deep and goes under the road a fair way! the images speek for themeselves really....    pretty shocking state of affairs really...
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11-11-2005, 06:46 PM
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And here I was thinking a few inch deep and a few inch in circumference was bad enough. THAT is a pothole.
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11-11-2005, 07:08 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Just ask the people who drove from vic to wagga last weekend!! Fix your roads!!! Thank goodness i had the 4x4 EL!!! lol
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11-11-2005, 07:33 PM
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Rise, Toybota!
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Damn, that is pretty bad! I thought the "she'll be right" attitude towards road repair up here was bad, after almost needing a wheel alignment after taking a drive up the highway to north brisbane and back. Gateway highway I think it was = fkd
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11-11-2005, 07:49 PM
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It's Cat huntin season...
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That pot is fairly typical of the wagga city council. There's a huge one one the highway, if you hit the on the wrong side it would got close to putting you into a tree on the side of the road. Gotta love wagga road hey Pete
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11-11-2005, 09:00 PM
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That's no pothole...
...Now THIS is a pothole.  : 
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12-11-2005, 01:53 AM
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11-11-2005, 09:07 PM
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Looks hollow undernaeth it as well ... and it's cracking around the outside of it ... knowing the road work contractors ... they'll just pump concrete in it like they did with the Lane Cove "crater".
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11-11-2005, 09:18 PM
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Has Blue Blood
Join Date: Feb 2005
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 : Thats not a pot hole ! Up here in the territory we get potholes so big in the wet season ,you need to turn your lights on to get thru them in the middle of the day !
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11-11-2005, 09:26 PM
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Yeah, Standard. Anyone who lives around Knox/Glen Waverley area in Melbourne will know Burwood Hwy and Springvale Rd. In some sections most of the top level Tarmac has simply washed away leaving awkward sized holed sections of the road. Also the Monash FWY is corrigated in many parts. Is the Government joking??? Where is all the Speed Camera revenue, Registration money, etc..... going??? It certainly isnt going towards improving roads and road safety.
A few ad campaigns here and there cost money, but as far as i can tell they to Jack Squat for road safety. Desipite all this they are building all these Tunnels and Bypasses..... of which we will have to fork out for Tolls, so i do ask the question. Where is the money going??? |
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11-11-2005, 10:11 PM
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not here much anymore
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is that the pipe that burst not long ago?
Had the wheels aligned today, then clunked it coming out of the damn driveway. I hate WWCC so much :.
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15-11-2005, 12:01 PM
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There some nice potholes Pete
: I wonder why there is such a big hole underneath the road surface? Foundations not compacted properly maybe.Quote:
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11-11-2005, 10:16 PM
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Try driving from wagga to Albury!
Try the hume outside the state of Vic. Im not complaining about the state of our roads ...ever!
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12-11-2005, 05:26 PM
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11-11-2005, 11:21 PM
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Drive along Parramatta Rd in Sydney ... everyday ... you need a wheel alignment every single day of the week
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12-11-2005, 01:18 AM
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Has Blue Blood
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Just thought I'd show you the average pothole in the territory !
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15-11-2005, 11:25 AM
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12-11-2005, 01:35 AM
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thats not a pothole thats a bloody crater!
your Territorians get alot of meteors?!!!! |
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12-11-2005, 06:40 AM
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People wonder why you need a 4wd to get around town these day
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12-11-2005, 08:07 AM
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yep the roads are in a bad state, i have buckeld 3 wheels in the last 3 yrs due to rough highways , the only way to beat it is become a pollo and get free cars when ever they get dirty.
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12-11-2005, 04:11 PM
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Mot Adv-NSW
Join Date: Jun 2005
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A 'Territory' pot-hole/crater (above)??
Bah - the yellow lines AND vegetation signal this as being North America.
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12-11-2005, 09:44 PM
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13-11-2005, 01:02 AM
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Has Blue Blood
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Oh dear! Once again , my sarcasm has been wasted ! And on the man who is to reflective triangles , what Harlod Scruby is to pedestrians ! hahahahahaha
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13-11-2005, 11:13 AM
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13-11-2005, 02:35 AM
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Cruisin' When-ever I Can!
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we have had it bad over here as well
after any decent rain the roads around here go to $h!t. south street is still f..ked up and it has been since june...
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13-11-2005, 10:44 AM
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V8 Powaah
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Simple equation here
NSW Roads = Bad and further to this statement any NSW road which is outside of Sydney is even worse. Im embrassed at the fact that the most populous state in Australia has roads which seem to be the worst in the nation Youd been amazed at how many times the NSW RTA will continue 'patching' a road instead of regrading it.
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15-11-2005, 10:17 AM
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Well at least these things give the urban landcruiser types some slim reason for being.
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15-11-2005, 10:28 AM
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Georgetown to Bridport road is the worst I have come across. Ruts so big that the top of the road has been removed from cars bottoming out on it. Hit one of these with a sump and it would be very nasty.
Looks like road revenue is being allocated to the same place all over.
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15-11-2005, 11:15 AM
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I travel along Peel St near the Melbourne CBD daily. Comming southbound from the Elizabeth st roundabout to the Vic market there is one section that is as rough as guts. The nature strip kerbing was replaced a while ago and other parts of the road were resurfaced but this part of the road remains a goat track.
The solution? Place a sign on the nature strip that says "rough surface". Well, DUH!!!! I wonder if the responsible gov't (state or municipal) department hired a consultant to come up with that? Probably cost nearly as much as getting the road actually fixed!!
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15-11-2005, 06:56 PM
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once you get out in the sticks (like I have found out near Kurrajong) ... there's no suh thing as road maintenance ... it's smoother driving on the graded dirt shoulder.
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