Pothole Pete on case of the £300 wheel bill
POTHOLE Pete has been set to work once again surveying the city's streets.
The road campaigner was this time called to a troublesome sunken drain next to a slip-road off the A38, close to Marsh Mills roundabout.
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Paul Martin and Pothole Pete with the cracked wheel from Paul's Jaguar
Paul Martin reported the problem saying he was forced to pay out £300 for a new wheel to replace one which "cracked" from impact with the sunken manhole cover.
His car hit the offending object just before branching on to Plymouth Road towards Plympton.
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"This sunken drain has been there for ages," said the X-Type Jaguar driver from Beacon Park.
"I normally avoid it but a huge lorry was driving by and squeezed me on to it," he said.
"I couldn't avoid it and it's cracked my wheel," he said. "I've had to pay out £300 for a new one."
He said he'd been told to write to Plymouth City Council's Risk Management Team which he had done.
A spokesman for Plymouth City Council said they had not received any recent reports of a sunken drain in that area but they would now arrange for an inspection to take place.
"We have received a letter regarding damage to a car and will be investigating," she said.
"We rely on the public to report any defects directly to Plymouth Transport and Highways, as the information they provide actively helps us maintain the hundreds of miles of road we are responsible for. The public is our eyes and ears so we'd urge you to report any issues, potholes or other highways problems to us."
She said the public could either email plymouth.watchman@amey.co.uk, using the reporting form on the council's website or call on 668000.
"We would also encourage people to visit the website www.plymouth.gov.uk and download the pothole factsheet for further detailed information," she added.
If you have a pothole or drain you think Pete should see, email news@theplymouthherald.co.uk.
Comments
by Felchus
Monday, October 29 2012, 9:12PM
“I was going to moan about the state of Plymouths roads-but then realised I don't have a car. I then realised that, judging by a lot of comment on this website, this may not necessarily bar me from registering my dissent with something unconnected to me that I know little about. Then I realised I had forgotten what the story was about. Anyone fancy a pint?”
by DoctorT
Monday, October 29 2012, 5:02PM
“'Pothole Pete'? 'Troublesome sunken manhole'? 'The roads are atrocious'?
Oh, please! Keep a sense of proportion! Potholes? These are NOT potholes! Atrocious roads? Come on - they have tarmac, don't they? -a crack in the tarmac does not a pothole make.”
by bilbobaggins
Monday, October 29 2012, 4:35PM
“typical moaning janners red arrows are the facts green ones are the moaners.”
by bilbobaggins
Monday, October 29 2012, 4:28PM
“if you notice all the green arrows are the moaning janners,and the red ones are actually facts”
by circles1
Monday, October 29 2012, 11:15AM
“and pay for thru petrol tax and every other devious tax going and VAT at 20%”
by bilbobaggins
Monday, October 29 2012, 11:05AM
“@kwacker
now there are more cars on the road paying less or no little road tax,money has to be raised from somewhere,if you find you dont like paying this tax buy a smaller car and be done with it.”
by Kwacker10R
Monday, October 29 2012, 10:49AM
“The roads are atrocious and why should it be the publics job to report potholes? If the Council had a systematic approach covering inspections of all roads on a rotational basis the potholes could be dealt with! Also, the Goct are now trying to introduce extra charging for using motorways and 'A' roads. Don't we pay enough on road tax??”
by 10thattempt
Monday, October 29 2012, 8:55AM
“So he knew it had been there for ages, but only decided to report it once he'd crashed ino it?”
by jabbathebutt
Monday, October 29 2012, 8:31AM
“I can see a job coming up for an Amey single employee for a three month stint and the whole of the A38 in chaos .”
by swshaun
Monday, October 29 2012, 8:27AM
“As far as potholes are concerned i rairly hit them, i tend to look where im going and change my position accordingly. Simples. As for the sunken drains that seem a common occurance on marsh mills i see they've just put tarmac over them. Prropperr job me luvver.”