Dave Gaster

@VisTran @BBCNorthampton @kiergroup @NNorthantsC @DevonCC Yes I have seen it. There's videos on Facebook. I believe there's differently a place for a scheme like this across the UK.

@20NPHartleyHare @TheABD @mrpotholeuk my mum was born near Merthyr, so not quite “Land of my fathers” but shockingly poor record now!

Labour controlled Merthyr Tydfil Council > fewest pothole fixes at just 89. Blaenau Gwent (136), Neath Port Talbot (138) followed - yet Welsh Labour-run Merthyr council plans a 4.95% Council Tax rise amid the Pothole Pandemic. #PotholePandemic #Potholes #Merthyr #Senedd26

@BBCNorthampton Have you seen this @mrpotholeuk While @kiergroup officers are allowed to fraudulently close pothole reports as complete, @NNorthantsC say it’s dangerous for citizens to fill potholes, despite success in @DevonCC Two faced?

Man plants flowers in potholes to highlight issue bbc.in/4bW9qaZ

@mrpotholeuk @TheABD Simply closing, not done! Falsely recording ‘duplicate’ when they are escalations or new issues (from the office) Deleting when ‘scheduled for repair’ Deleting when part done Deleting when wrong action taken Corrupt Fraudulent @BBCNorthampton @LilianGreenwood OMBUDSMAN???

It appears that highways authorities are removing Pothole reports from their system without repairs. I have heard this a number of times now. I have also experienced it myself. armaghi.com/news/armagh-ne…

Drivers pay record £1.8bn as pothole damage reaches new high punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanew…

@mrpotholeuk @Heidi_Labour @transportgovuk At least twenty years of under funding, totally derailed by the CoP “Well managed highways” Many authorities have passed the tipping point where only a completely new way of working will help! Curing Pothole Britain- needed NOW!

@Heidi_Labour @transportgovuk Time to set up #ResurfaceOurRoads #Invest2Save x.com/i/status/20338…

@RealismHelps @MaCgroupUK They deliberately refuse to monitor, virtually every other life challenging service has independent oversight and monitoring EXCEPT HIGHWAYS @mrpotholeuk

@VisTran @MaCgroupUK Road authorities actually have a statutory duty to inspect & maintain the roads…..but no one in Govt can be bothered to monitor or take action

1 of 2 The football league has a statutory regulator! However, our road management councils, with often dubious “self managing contractors” do NOT! Roads KILL 5 people a day! Seriously injure 80! No ombudsman No oversight Freedom to NOT inspect dangerous roads!

@mrpotholeuk @TransportActio2 @_AndersonStuart @AIA_Asphalt @HouseofCommons AND to embrace Curing Pothole Britain Mark!

@_AndersonStuart with the @AIA_Asphalt annual ALARM Survey published today. It maybe useful in your debate @HouseofCommons The only way to break this cycle of decline is to #ResurfaceOurRoads #Invest2Save

2 of 2 Freedom to REDUCE inspections when road quality plummets! Freedom to have repair policies FAR worse than ALL their neighbours! @Keir_Starmer A QUESTION OF BALANCE? @LilianGreenwood SAFER ROADS? Really? @mrpotholeuk COMMON SENSE ISN’ T COMMON! @SharronHuddles2

@BBCLookEast 60 dead so far: 60 too many! @EssexPoliceUK cite excessive speed for the roads, however how many KSI’s are where there are potholes, scree or delamination? 40% of crash sites may have unfit surfaces partly to blame @mrpotholeuk @SharronHuddles2

Call for action as road deaths reach 10-year high bbc.in/3NHmYOh

@mrpotholeuk @AIA_Asphalt Had I added on the cataclysmic February meltdown?

@VisTran @AIA_Asphalt Good guess but no banana!

Tomorrow @AIA_Asphalt annual #ALARM survey is out. What's the size of the carriageway maintenance backlog in England & Wales now? Last year it was £16.81bn.

@SharronHuddles2 Unusual for a young lady to be the culprit. Inexperience & exuberance the prime two issues! Yet again the Graduated Driving Licence would have prevented two young men dying! #GDL @LilianGreenwood @BBCNews @Beccysays @ian_m_greenwood

New driver jailed for Marston high-speed death crash - BBC News share.google/NUXOrsFgUFc0DY…

Pothole misery as nearly half of drivers unprepared for punishing tyre bills. express.co.uk/life-style/car…

@NTelegraph I’ve transformed 15 authorities passenger transport, saving on average 15% in the first six months @WestNorthants councillors wouldn’t discuss that with me.

‘Unacceptable’ school bus fare hike raised in House of Commons as Corby MP asks North Northamptonshire council for an urgent review trib.al/0By4h9b

@WNhighways The worst A, B & C roads in the country! Red rated potholes management! Got any questions? @mrpotholeuk

Hunsbury Highways Drop In Session at Hunsbury Library Thursday 19 March | 13:00–15:00 PM Got questions about roads, traffic or transport? Come chat with the team - no appointment needed, all welcome! #HighwaysDropIn #CommunityMatters

@activetraveleng @LilianGreenwood @transportgovuk @Chris_Boardman Look to @Warwickshire_CC & their cycling mayor ✅🚴 Their neighbours @WestNorthants deliberately IGNORED Local Transport Plan in Brackley, expanded town by 2,000 homes, REDUCING cycling instead of INCREASING it five fold. All assets created, dysfunctional & disintegrating!

@transportgovuk @LilianGreenwood @Chris_Boardman

Meet Neville – one of the people making the school run safer 🚲🛴 Neville helps run a School Street – where traffic is restricted outside a school during the start and end of the day. Hear from Neville on how School Streets make journeys healthier, greener and more enjoyable🍃

@WestNorthants Now look back at the thousands of homes NOT PARTICIPATING because your initial services were soooo bad!

We have extended our food waste recycling service to residents living in flats. See all the guidance and information here: ow.ly/TegW50YrUEv

@Stuwhitt Roll on St Patrick’s Day @mrpotholeuk It looks like potholes have significantly increased in volume and car damage numbers! A mild wet winter with few freezing day, disproving legends! @LilianGreenwood is taking part of advice to change ‘well managed highways’ More needed!

As a former Labour Cabinet Member for Highways I can assure you certainly from my perspective the current state of the roads is down insufficient funding and constant cuts, road networks are the veins we all depend on