Potholes problem runs deep
Our new home… Lee Cuthbert Pinned down… Knifeman, right, is trapped by crate and wicker chairs. Below right, the knife lies on the ground after the attack Left, Victim of the stabbing attack is taken by ambulance to hospital
and Luke, we’ve adopted Australia as our new home and you hear about this happening all over, especially the UK.
“You think coming to Australia you’re really safe and you feel like you’ve kind of got away from it.
“The first thing I’ll do is give my mum a call.”
Witness Brodie Smith said on Twitter: “Imagine if he had a gun.We’d all be dead.”
Both the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and NSW Police Superintendent Gavin Wood praised the bravery of all those who restrained the suspect.
Supt Wood said: people are heroes.”
Police are not treating it as a terror incident. “These ROADS across England are in such a poor condition that motorists are reporting a pothole every 46 seconds.
Last year 700,000 potholes and road defects were reported.
And councils have had to pay out £1.9billion in compensation to drivers of damaged vehicles.
Earlier this year the Government announced an extra £201million for English councils to repair roads. But the annual Asphalt Industry Alliance Alarm survey warned that nearly £10billion is still needed.
Mike Cherry, national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, said: “These figures show just how widespread the issue is.
“It’s clear that the Government and local authorities need to sit up and take notice.”
He called for more local authority funding and better planning between councils and utility companies to reduce the number of times roads are dug up.
The FSB said £1billion was spent on local road repairs last year.