It’s easy to get frustrated at the state of the roads but every now and again we should take a leaf out of the Derby Cycling Group’s book.
They spotted a major pothole on their club spin route –
on a cycleway - last year and safety barriers were erected around it.
However, rather than seeing it fixed up, the group were
forced to endure it weekend after weekend.
The other day mark the anniversary of the club finding
the pothole so they held a 1st birthday party for it.
As the video and photos below reveal they even had balloons and a cake and sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to the pothole.
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“After waiting a year for a dangerous hole on a cycle
route in Borrowash to be fixed by the local developers, a small group of members
decided to commemorate the anniversary by holding a birthday party for the
hole,” Derby Cycling Group said.
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“The problem is on a traffic free multi-user route near Rovings
Drive in Borrowash and was reported back in February 2019.
“Derby City Council were very quick to respond by
visiting the site, erecting safety barriers, and reporting the problem to the
landowners for repair.
“Over the last year, (developers) Taylor Wimpey have been
chased many times to make the necessary repairs but no effective action has been
taken despite promises that ‘contractors would be working on the repairs as a
matter of urgency’,” the club explained.
“From being a nice new pothole with smart barriers, the
hole has become sorrier and sorrier looking with rubbish collecting in the
hole, the barriers falling over, and a resulting general air of neglect.
“As there was no sign of the hole being fixed by Taylor Wimpey in the near future, Derby Cycling Group decided they would hold a cleanup and a commemoration to mark the Basin’s first birthday.”
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