Joined up thinking required for roadworks

Madam, – My attention is drawn to the front page headline “Council wasting roads repair cash” (The Courier, September 2).

I certainly hope the council is not wasting roads repair cash or at least not intentionally.

I do think that there needs to be better planning of roadworks and more efficient methods executed when carrying them out.

For example in our area of Rosyth they came round our scheme filling in the various potholes with a few dollops of tar here and there. A few weeks later there was a big freeze and most of these dollops of tar popped out and the potholes reappeared.

To me that seemed a waste of time, money and effort.

Perhaps if they had dug a whole section of road or indeed did the entire scheme and relaid it all with fresh tar it would last a lot longer.

At best patching is a false economy and longer term repairs, while maybe more expensive, last much longer.

There was another incident in Aberdour a few years ago where Fife Council came round and re-tarred a whole street which is very unusual.

At the time it looked pristine and certainly did the suspensions on local cars a favour.

However, within a week British Gas were round partially digging up the new surface to do gas works.

Do Fife Council and other companies who might need to do road works not communicate with each other?

What is the point in using taxpayer money to put down a nice fresh road surface if someone else is going to dig it up the following week?

Then just this very week new raised speed tables at the zebra crossings in Primrose Lane, Rosyth, are being installed.

I have lived in the area for 13 years and it is very rare to witness anyone speeding.

Perhaps the money spent on this could be used more wisely or efficiently?

Alastair Macintyre. 18 Webster Place, Rosyth.

prepared to have the residents of Ladywalk House continue to live in sub-standard conditions: another 12 months, two years, more?

I urge all parties to revisit the original proposal and on this occasion to put the welfare of the care home residents first and foremost.

Jim Braid. Harbourlea, Anstruther.