Ah, New England. Just hit a pothole that shook the car enough that it turned my windshield wipers on.
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@djwtwo was in England over Christmas where 14 years of #Tory cuts and council budget squeezes have left many roads in a similar sorry state. Where does the blame lie in New England?
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@wilpercy It's mostly the weather, really (lot of freeze-thaw cycles) at least for potholes like this one (which was on a highway off-ramp.) I think the state highway crews are actually pretty responsive to them when they're reported, but this time of year generates a lot of new ones.
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@wilpercy The roads managed by the local cities and towns, though, are certainly impacted by highway departments that are funds-limited (often going back to not-terribly-well-thought-through tax reforms from erly '80s, at least here in MA.)
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@djwtwo Yes, everyone is stretched. The road outside my parent’s place had been patched up this time but just really rough work.
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