Potholes

[warsaw]

EVERYWHERE here in Eastbourne, appeared as if by magic in the last few months.

So what has caused it? Too much rain? Too much frost? Both?

Gonna be a summer of road closures and mobile traffic lights

Is this an Eastbourne only phenomenon?

 

[vegster]

Lots in sunny Worthing too, not so bad in daylight as you can swerve around them and it makes driving a bit more fun.
Its ironic that weight of traffic and frost combine to make the holes which then render the need for having a 4x4 which then causes more holes or expands the current holes.

Can be fatal at night though if you are a cyclist.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

There are plenty of fresh ones in Brighton. It's the forst, (which when translated is actually FROST )

 

[warsaw]

Forst? What's that then?

 

[NMH]

There are plenty of fresh ones in Brighton. It's the forst.

The forst what? ....an' when kin we expect de secund one, Paddy O'Bracknell?

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Don't worry about the holes - potholes in Worthing and Eastbourne fill up with bath chairs, zimmers and old people each spring as the codgers venture out in the sunshine and collapse into the chasms. Eventually all the holes are filled and everything is back to normal until the next Winter when new holes appear.

 

[Badger]

Use the Forst Luke

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

I forst myself onto a kid once

 

[Skint Gull]

Don't worry about the holes - potholes in Worthing and Eastbourne fill up with bath chairs, zimmers and old people each spring as the codgers venture out in the sunshine and collapse into the chasms. Eventually all the holes are filled and everything is back to normal until the next Winter when new holes appear.

I'll accept any amount of stick about Eastbourne from someone who lives in Brighton or Hove, but not from someone who lives in KENT!

 

[Jahooli]

Victoria Road in Bug Hole is riddled with them...tarmac splurged on top of concrete

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

I'll accept any amount of stick about Eastbourne from someone who lives in Brighton or Hove, but not from someone who lives in KENT!

Fair point - does it help to know that I am from Brighton and both my children were born there?

 

[NMH]

There are plenty of fresh ones in Brighton. It's the forst.

Is that Nicky's nickname now, and why's he to blame for the pot-holes?

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

There are plenty of fresh ones in Brighton. It's the forst.

No, this is the Forst:

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

As much of Sussex is has a chalk base, the road surface is more prone to breaking up than other parts of the country. This is because of the expansion of water when frozen (hence LBs frost comment). One of the other reasons why East Sussex in particular has more worn roads is that with so few major routes any closure of a main road (A27/A21/A22) diverts lots of heavy traffic onto smaller roads that were not designed to take such loads.

 

[Skint Gull]

Fair point - does it help to know that I am from Brighton and both my children were born there?

Yes it helps me think that you're even more unable to take the piss cos you lived in Brighton then moved to KENT! What sort of plank does that?

 

[hitony]

The forst what? ....an' when kin we expect de secund one, Paddy O'Bracknell?

Oh dear, don't moderators get it big time when a spelling mistake is made

I think i shall correct it for my good friend

 

[NMH]

Oh dear, don't moderators get it big time when a spelling mistake is made

I think i shall correct it for my good friend

Harrumph, mod clique alert