Road melts

A wonderful article in the Bristol Evening Post - Wednesday May 25th involving a Councillor (the Deputy Lord Mayor) and a Bristol resident.

The resident claims, and I quote, that he was a 'victim of a melting road' - He claims his new carpets were ruined by the resurfacing of the road outside his house with tar and those weird annoying chippings things. The resident claims the Council should pay £1,300 for new carpets and also, just for the jokes, pay £544 for a new windscreen, as his car was damaged by the chippings. Well, the windscreen is plausible, I guess.

The Councillor is lending his support (most likely because according to this article they live on the same road, and it would have been a little Un-Ex-Lord Mayor like to ignore him). After complaints were made, both personal and on the behalf of his new friend, workmen swept the road to help the problem by removing the loose chippings. Twice.

The resident has been on the Council's case for a year now and has written 'nearly 40 letters of complaint,' and after his 'research' he has concluded that the problem is due to 'chippings not being washed' beforehand and therefore won't stick to the tar if they're dirty with dust (what the hell kind of home research is this?). Then the Council had a look, well 'inspection.' Conclusion? Nothing wrong (...)

Ah well, but at least 'a meeting with him to discuss the issue' has been called. There is some road/rogue justice (ahha).