Have you noticed a deterioration in the state of our country’s roads over the past few years? With nearly 2 million potholes reported last year, do you think the extra £500 million pledged by Labour is enough to tackle the issue?
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00:00Yeah, the roads are terrible when I'm cycling in from Kingswood. I came in on the main roads
00:05this morning, which I regret. The bike path is actually looking great. So Sustrans done
00:10a great job like trying to make sure the bike path is repaired, but the main roads are awful.
00:14I drive and I cycle, but I would prefer to cycle. Yeah, there are definitely lots of
00:18potholes and lots of roadworks, which is confusing. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, 100%. And yeah, because
00:27I live in Bedminster and definitely I've noticed a lot more potholes. But then generally just
00:32kind of work being done on the roads at the same time. So it makes it really difficult
00:36to get around. And yeah, it's been a bit of a nightmare this year, actually. Yes, definitely.
00:41As a cyclist, I noticed that there are some areas of Bristol that just don't get any,
00:45any attention. They feel like they're completely neglected. The fixes that do come also don't
00:51seem to last very long. They seem to be worse. Even after something gets fixed, it seems
00:56to be broken again by a year's worth of cycling.