Pot luck

Aberdeen's roads have never been the best and at the moment they are uneven, patchy, pot-holed, cannoned, fissured and just plain dangerous, and the problem is getting worse and there's not a road unaffected. Some of Aberdeen's roads are so bad it's like driving on the main roads of Egypt, and that's one hellava bumpy ride. And I'm sure I saw a tarmac mole the other day. The local council say they have no money to repair these damaged roads, but some how they managed to find £80M to rebuild, repair, and revamp a building that they are only leasing as their new headquarters.

Granted, the current HQ (shown above (28-03-10)) is a visual eye sore, and I can understand the need to have new premises, and I welcome the use of such a beautiful and historical building like the Marischal College - which is the 2nd largest granite fronted building in the world (shown below in renovation & reconstruction (28-03-10)), - but don't tell Aberdeen's citizens’ that there's no money to repair our roads.

Our Council tax already incorporates a portion of the money paid to maintain our roads, so what are they doing with it? Our city should be a shining light,- the gate way to the Highlands, Royal Deeside, some new beautiful modern shopping centres, which bring needed revenue and the Oil Capital of Europe. So why are we still bumping along our roads like we're driving dodgy shopping trolleys?

Come on Aberdeen Council, get your fingers out and sort the roads before the next onslaught of bad weather makes it even worse.