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The pothole puzzle: the bumpy ride to fixing Britain’s broken roads

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Wudi@feddit.uk⁩ to ⁨mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/23/politics-potholes-bristol-britain-no-quick-fix

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  • Astronut@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Not once have I looked into a pothole and found pot! There’s your puzzle.

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  • SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Hey, I think I cracked it, folks!

    Central to all of this, unsurprisingly, are councils’ shrivelled post-austerity budgets, and the ever-increasing challenge of keeping road networks up to scratch when their other statutory obligations such as special needs.

    Turns out, roads are really bloody expensive.

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  • epyon22@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I thought we solved this problem graffiti them with male genitalia

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