Slbarron23 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Last night around 6pm I hit a pot hole on Main Street in Renishaw, near the junction with Spinkhill Lane. I had to get a breakdown service to come out to me and my tyre was not fixable, so have had to get a new tyre. On my way out of Renishaw the police had closed the part of the road where it was, so it was quite significant and I am just trying to find if anyone else hit this pothole (I imagine they have due to the police being there) I am wanting to claim off the council for the costs I incurred, and therefore wanted to get the full picture, including how it had affected other people, before I did so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Good luck with that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klondike Kid Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Just make sure you send it to Derbyshire not Sheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slbarron23 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 I know it might be a long shot! I have an incident number from the police and have submitted a freedom of information request to Derbyshire council about the condition of the road so will see where that gets me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haddy Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Good luck with s claim. As long as the road had been inspected either once maybe twice can't remember which, the council are under mo obligation for damaged caused as they can say had they knew about it they would have fixed. Now if the council are aware if the issue, been out and inspected the pit hole and put a marking round it, this us a different situation and you maybe able ti make a successful claim. Either way good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) Good luck with your claim. I use that road everyday and make a mental note of avoiding it. Several sizeable pot holes have recently surfaced on that stretch of road and on a cold dark night, unsuspecting drivers like yourself will no doubt run over it. However, on today's drive home, I notice the pothole has been temporarily filled in so it appears it has caught the councils attention. Edited January 30, 2014 by Nomis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkbylad Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Yes i noticed it today, i really hate the road from eckington up to the spinkhill junction, its horrible, especially near the golf club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonj Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I saw it for the first time yesterday morning. Luckily the car in front of me also saw it and manoeuvered to avoid it so I did the same. It looked twice as big on the way back later that day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainbike Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I unfortunately found this pothole on Monday afternoon this week and my vehicle made one hell of a bang as I hit it . As a result of that I reported the matter via the web page fixmystreet. I have an e mail response from the customer call centre of Derbyshire County Council saying the matter has been passed to a Highways for their attention on 30th January. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slbarron23 Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 Seems like it had been there a while then! I came through renishaw again yesterday and there was a car parked up with the AA changing a tyre! Mountainbike - would it be possible for you to email me a copy of the response if I need it to claim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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