Opencast Mining in Lincolnshire

by Smbad

29 Oct 2011

Friday 7th October I was travelling west on the B1166 Hull’s Drove from Shepeau Stow. Hit a hole 130mm deep, 340mm wide and over a metre long at about 55mph. Destroyed front offside wheel, bent rear offside wheel, damaged ABS ring on offside outer CV.
Need 1 new wheel, 1 wheel refurbished, 1 new tyre, 1 new outer CV.
Reported to LCC, requested and received FOI.

The hole was reported 4 times on the day I hit it. Has been reported every day in October upto the 7th. There is a report of another car being damaged in the FOI pack. Reported every week in September and August. Police reported it as dangerous on 1st October. Still nothing was done about it.
Traffic lights and cones now cover the area I hit but now the traffic is crossing further done the road and that's broken up even worse as a result.

Subsidence and pothole damage goes for about 200 metres, no exageration, pictures to prove. Maybe this is the start of local Opencast Mining?

Looking to make a claim against LCC on Monday.

Why don't they just fix it!!!!!!!