MY CAR started making a horrible noise when turning and going over bumps recently, so after a couple of weeks of waiting for my local (and currently very busy) garage to have a spare appointment, I duly dropped it off.
The culprit? A broken front coil spring.
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I know what likely caused it. I have been forced into more than one pothole on our local roads in recent months. Much as I try to avoid them, sometimes one catches you unawares, sometimes there is oncoming traffic that makes swerving around them impossible.
I have been driving for a couple of decades now and the roads in Herefordshire are now in the worst condition I can remember. It’s not limited to smaller back roads either. I know the council has said it is spending millions on repairs, but it seems to me to be too little, too late.
What are your thoughts?
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The county’s roads have suffered from years of neglect and shoddy repairs. Now we are reaping the rewards of that.
We have a change in contractor coming in the next year or so, with Balfour Beatty being shown the door. Please can we ensure that the next bunch make proper road repairs a priority?
MATTHEW SMITH
Hereford
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