i work for the council.... sorry guys! but im only a temp! hah, nah, the roads are ridiculous round here too! everything is being dug up, ramp here ramp there, speedbumps, roundabouts in ridiculous places... they're just trying to get rid of all of their budget right now because its the end of the financial year... and if the chief exec. finds out that they had all this money left over, their budget will be cut A LOT for the following financial year! i totally disagree with this, because as most of the comments above are stating, they could resurface all of the fucking roads couldnt they! but even though i do work for the council, i work in the business unit! helping businesses get started with grants etc, so im not all that bad i hope! but yeah, the money could go towards treating people in hospitals etc, or dare i say it... schools! Luke