Worst Pot Holes in Stafford.

BigD

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Which road or street would you say has the worst pot hole or holes in Stafford?
To start the ball rolling I would like to nominate Corporation Street ☹️
 
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PeterD

ST16 Represent.
Approach to the island lights at the end (or beginning) of Wolverhampton road is giving Corporation Street a good run for its money.

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Chillybean

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I can vouch for one on the Chell Road between Doxy Road and the crossing outside of Sainsbury's, Mrs C was less than impressed with my driving this morning after failing to avoid it. The worst culprit use to be the dropped drain cover on the A449 past Dunston Business Park. Hit it once and you remembered, you could always tell the locals as they gave it a wide berth.
 

Chillybean

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Approach to the island lights at the end (or beginning) of Wolverhampton road is giving Corporation Street a good run for its money.
Not helped by the diverted M6 traffic, which according to the SBC will be diverted again this month to allow resurfacing of the M6. The joys of the M6 :rolleyes:
 

Jonah

Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
Pretty much anywhere there are speed humps. The roads seen to suffer badly when there are humps.
 

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
Left out of St Georges and play hopscotch with the potholes, carry on till you reach Crooked Bridge rd, then stop start all the way down, as you go round the potholes and avoid going into oncoming traffic.
You could do the same journey in reverse and still come up as many potholes on the opposite side of both roads. Get to St.Georges, and the main entrances to both entrys are starting to break up, followed by a load of potholes on site.
 

littleme

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I can vouch for one on the Chell Road between Doxy Road and the crossing outside of Sainsbury's, Mrs C was less than impressed with my driving this morning after failing to avoid it. The worst culprit use to be the dropped drain cover on the A449 past Dunston Business Park. Hit it once and you remembered, you could always tell the locals as they gave it a wide berth.
I drive this most days so know where to avoid, but the carer managed to hit everyone of them a few days ago...
 

The Notorious A.N.T.

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Left out of St Georges and play hopscotch with the potholes, carry on till you reach Crooked Bridge rd, then stop start all the way down, as you go round the potholes and avoid going into oncoming traffic.
You could do the same journey in reverse and still come up as many potholes on the opposite side of both roads. Get to St.Georges, and the main entrances to both entrys are starting to break up, followed by a load of potholes on site.
Yes, definitely a toss-up between Corporation Street & Crooked Bridge Road. Both are like the surface of the bloody moon!.
 

tek-monkey

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Holmcroft Rd, massive pot holes on and between speed bumps

Between this and the stone road going north not being too great either I tend to go through the estate or use Eccleshall Road now. I noticed yesterday my wheel no longer points dead straight, only had it tracked fully a few months back and not done many miles since :(
 

EasMid

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Queensway, although these may now have been filled.
The deep one along the white lines between the Aldi lights & the Lammascote lights (Asda) is still there along with the not quite so deep ones just past it.
The long one on the Weston Road between the Beaconside medical centre & the roundabout is still there despite the one a couple of metres away having been repaired probably a year ago.
 

kyoto49

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That one coming in to town by the University going to turn right on to beaconside. Nasty and hard to avoid
 

Raven

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Going beyond there down into town (from Beaconside university/medical) you have the 2 large drain covers about to collapse just past the coop shops & the pot hole we all drive around on the nearside at the lights.
 

c0tt0nt0p

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Straight up question, how many of us report the potholes via the council website? Must admit I'm lax in this respect...
 

Studio Tan

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Don’t know if this would be counted as insurrection but what about arming yourself with a can of white spray paint to circle any you find. Even if nothing gets done it would alert other road users to avoid them (?)
Oh bugger, my mind’s racing now ! It could be like litter picking with teams tackling a new section of road each day (“Birnam Wood’s on the move - and the roads are turning . . . WHITE !”)
 
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