Amey and the Tarmac fiasco

[dangerousedd]

they're tarmacking the pavements on Colley road at the moment so don't seem to have any problem with supply.

[TimmyR]

Its can be quite common business practice to delay paying your creditors to help cash flow...

[bglodge]

Hopefield Avenue S12 was resurfaced last year during the recent bad weather a large pot hole appeared and was supposedly repaired but the repair is an absolute disgrace, this has been reported by the way. Any more bad weather this winter will result in this supposedly fixed pot hole getting worse again and it won't be long until this road is as bad as it was before it was resurfaced. Bunch of cowboys - Amey are looking into why it was repaired this way.

 

The damage to Hopefield Avenue was caused by a burst water main, not by winter weather. They pot hole has had a temporary repair and will be fully restored shortly. Once Severn Trent have completed their work and confirmed this to Streetsahead, Amey will do the full repair.

[hackey lad]

The damage to Hopefield Avenue was caused by a burst water main, not by winter weather. They pot hole has had a temporary repair and will be fully restored shortly. Once Severn Trent have completed their work and confirmed this to Streetsahead, Amey will do the full repair.

 

I presume from your name you are a councillor , what do you think about post number 20 and about Ameys work in general ?

[Dannyno]

They resurfaced all the roads the tour the France came over. All that work and resurfacing for only one little pass by a few cyclist.

And Ignored all the important places that needed urgent repair.

I reckon it signifies a part of English culture to do things like this. The real tax evaders get a freebee while people below them are threatened with huge fines and penalties.

We will be visiting some friends abroad soon and where they live all the roads are in good condition and properly maintained.

 

Did we ever establish whether this legend about Tour de France roads is actually true?

 

A couple of points.

 

Clearly they have resurfaced quite a lot of roads already.

 

The resurfacing programme lasts for several years. By the end of the programme, every road will have been resurfaced.

 

Which roads are resurfaced and when is a question of priorities and logistics.

 

Logistics in order to fit in with other work being done, and to avoid causing prolonged disruption in one place for too long.

 

And priorities because some roads may be worse than others, or have a higher volume of traffic, or whatever.

 

If they did priorities the Tour de France route - and I've seen no proof that they did - then would that actually be a bad thing, given the Tour de France is a major event?

[denlin]

Here we go again!

Since 1937 there has been no direct relationship between the tax and government expenditure on public roads.

Road tax ended in 1937, where have you been?

 

"United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom it is a requirement to pay Vehicle Excise Duty, which is paid to the government for a vehicle licence (or tax disc), which must be displayed on most motor vehicles used on public roads.[8] As of 01/10/2014 the tax disc is no longer required to be displayed on the vehicle. A computerised system is now used instead. [9] Since 1937 there has been no direct relationship between the tax and government expenditure on public roads.[10] The registered keeper of a vehicle that is not used or kept on public roads must complete a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN).[11]"

 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_tax#United_Kingdom

 

So what is road tax used for then? and what do the government use as revenue to repair, or not as the case maybe, to repair the roads?

 

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They came on the wrong day to do our street (after we'd been given 3 other dates they never turned up on) so couldn't tow my car away and had to work around it.

 

 

 

Why have they done the road before the footpath? Also if you knew they were due at some point common sense should have told you to move it. BTW it is illegal to park on a footpath

[Blackbeard]

So what is road tax used for then? and what do the government use as revenue to repair, or not as the case maybe, to repair the roads?

 

There is no "road tax" it is called Vehicle Excise Duty.

"Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) (also known as vehicle tax, car tax and road tax), is a tax that is levied as an excise duty and which must be paid for most types of vehicle which are to be used (or parked) on the public roads in the United Kingdom.[1] A Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) must be made for a registered vehicle that is not being used on the road, and which has been taxed since 31 January 1998. VED, which is collected and enforced by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), raised GB£5.63 billion in 2009.[2]

 

Vehicle tax was introduced in the 1888 budget and the current system of excise duty applying specifically to motor vehicles was introduced in 1920. This excise duty was ring-fenced (earmarked) for road construction and was paid directly into a special Road Fund from 1920 until 1937 after which it was treated as general taxation.[3] Even during this period the majority of the cost of road building and improvement came from general and local taxation due to the tax being too low for the upkeep of the roads.[4]"

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_Excise_Duty

My car is taxed at £30 a year and many are in band A which cost£0, you can't build or repair many roads on what I pay.

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables

[vincentb]

So what is road tax used for then? and what do the government use as revenue to repair, or not as the case maybe, to repair the roads?

 

Road tax goes into the general budget, same as all the other taxes (income tax, VAT, etc). It's not earmarked for anything. Some of that budget is spent on road repairs - and here's the important thing: roads are expensive. Really expensive. Total road tax doesn't come anywhere near how much they have to spend on building and maintaining roads.

Edited February 19, 2015 by vincentb
fixing the quote markup

[denlin]

There is no "road tax" it is called Vehicle Excise Duty.

"Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) (also known as vehicle tax, car tax and road tax), is a tax that is levied as an excise duty and which must be paid for most types of vehicle which are to be used (or parked) on the public roads in the United Kingdom.[1] A Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) must be made for a registered vehicle that is not being used on the road, and which has been taxed since 31 January 1998. VED, which is collected and enforced by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), raised GB£5.63 billion in 2009.[2]

 

Vehicle tax was introduced in the 1888 budget and the current system of excise duty applying specifically to motor vehicles was introduced in 1920. This excise duty was ring-fenced (earmarked) for road construction and was paid directly into a special Road Fund from 1920 until 1937 after which it was treated as general taxation.[3] Even during this period the majority of the cost of road building and improvement came from general and local taxation due to the tax being too low for the upkeep of the roads.[4]"

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_Excise_Duty

My car is taxed at £30 a year and many are in band A which cost£0, you can't build or repair many roads on what I pay.

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables

 

OK thanks.

[Mandem]

Like many of the things you read on the forum the facts get a little confused. Maundy Thursday is on April 2 this year, not tomorrow.

 

My mistake, thought it was after Ash Wednesday, but on the bright side if its not until April, they might divert her via Crookes, and then they will have to resurface the roads (yeah)