jdr

This hole was in the road for about three weeks before it was repaired recently.
It was just a few hundred mtrs from the council offices.

Casa Santo Estevo

What country???? If in Spain they will repair it but the repair may fail within a few weeks.

jdr

In the Pueblo near me, after the latest rain a few weeks ago.

savateur

And that was it, just cone no warning signs, taping off etc ? Is that normal in Spain ?

jdr

It is around here, the hole was in the main road through Benalmadena Pueblo.

About 5 years ago there used to be a guy that repaired holes in the main seafront road into Marbella (must be the most dangerous road in Spain), he used to wait for a lull in the traffic, run out with a shovel full of asphalt and smack it into the hole with the back of his shovel.
He ain`t been about for a while though.

Casa Santo Estevo

That is what I meant.. it will fail within a few weeks.
At least they did not paint a white line through it-

jdr

Perhaps the marbella guy has moved up your way then.

Casa Santo Estevo

The photo was from the UK times and about the UK Here they just leave all the stones to fly out of the pothole and after a few years maybe, just maybe fill it in. I think they have to wait for your guy to come up here for a working holiday.

jojojojojo

Normal here. We have half the road missing up the road from me, literally one side of a about 4 foot of road has just fallen away down the hill. To stop cars falling down it, someone has kindly put a few bolders around it. These bolders are effectively in the middle of the road so its not easy to miss them, I only manage to cos I know the road! In the UK it would be a major incident, tape, barriers, temporary traffic lights and all sorts - and it would have been repaired within days. This has been like it for several weeks now!!!

Jo xxx

Fredthered

You mean here in the UK, it would have been coned-off etc. within days, jojo.
Then the actual 'repair', would have taken WEEKS !
You forgot to include the: '1 digging, 7 watching' factor into your equation, plus the TEA breaks !

Cheers
Fredthered

jojojojojo

Yep!!! Our aforementioned landslide is still there altho the bolders have been removed now cos someone drove into them (luckily he didnt fall over the side). I guess it'll be there til they get around to mending it. They are doing one further up the road - well they've put some poured masses of white gravel on a sunken peice of road to bring it up to the right level. They'll probably leave it now til it sinks again!!!

I love this country!!!!!!

Jo xxx

jdr

This one has the top class danger warning system implemented cos its mid road and a mtr deep.
A couple of rocks, then two barriers and a bit of tape, then a week wait so far.

w1ldcat

We had one like that in el faro @ xmas . Someone shoved a wicker chair down it.