Chris Grayling presses for new powers against firms causing potholes

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The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, is pressing for greater powers to hold accountable utility companies who dig holes in roads and create lasting damage.

 

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That's a few more million down the potholes then....has this man no pride or rational thinking, he just rumbles on like a three wheeled wagon.GetTheToriesOut

Oh, God. Not MORE potholes!

I’ve heard Chris Grayling has been buying all the pot holes up so we don’t have a shortage after Brexit

So what is the road tax for 🤷🏽‍♂️

And in an unfortunate and disastrous turn of events, he has somehow instead managed to outlaw tarmac production

What an idiot. Potholes caused by weather. Freeze/thaw effect plus not enough money and too many cars

He'll target the ferry companies, they don't half gouge a channel.

Ah crap! Enter stage left: The Billion Pound Pothole Plague.

You need a ferry to cross that pothole

Then FailingGrayling ChrisGrayling had better Sue all the Councils in the UK cos they Fill old Potholes so BADLY they INSTANTLY become New Potholes! The Hapless TransportSecretary has Wasted £2.7bn of Taxpayers Money REALBREXIT BREXIT NOW! NOExtension NODEAL!

He needs putting in a BIG pothole!

I’m amazed that Failing Grayling still has a ministerial job.

He csn let a pot hole repair contract to a company that has no tarmac but knows a few Irish boys that do...

I'm sure I remember being taught that potholes were caused by freezing and thawing... Which firm causes frost?

tomorrow: Contract to police potholes awarded to pot noodles !

Based on past experiences, if Chris Grayling presses for something we should probably do the opposite.

He’d end up giving a contract out to a company with no access to tarmac or associated tools.

This must surely result in even more potholes

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