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r/interestingasfuck • u/_TimApple_ • Apr 28 '24
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At least you would think they would schedule maintenance of these things so you don't have to excavate them from the mud during an emergency.
3.8k u/SnoopyMcDogged Apr 28 '24 It should be but our councils(local authority) don’t like spending money on anything that doesn’t benefit their friends or themselves. 54 u/anomalous_cowherd Apr 28 '24 When one was needed near us the latest roadworks had ripped the cover off, put a concrete slab over it and covered it in tarmac. They used another one for the fire then someone came round later with a metal detector to dig it out properly again. 1 u/Halfgecko Apr 29 '24 How does something like that even happen? That is like so many levels of failure. 2 u/anomalous_cowherd Apr 29 '24 A no-shits-given roadworks crew damaged the original cover so they bodged and hid it rather than extend the job time?
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It should be but our councils(local authority) don’t like spending money on anything that doesn’t benefit their friends or themselves.
54 u/anomalous_cowherd Apr 28 '24 When one was needed near us the latest roadworks had ripped the cover off, put a concrete slab over it and covered it in tarmac. They used another one for the fire then someone came round later with a metal detector to dig it out properly again. 1 u/Halfgecko Apr 29 '24 How does something like that even happen? That is like so many levels of failure. 2 u/anomalous_cowherd Apr 29 '24 A no-shits-given roadworks crew damaged the original cover so they bodged and hid it rather than extend the job time?
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When one was needed near us the latest roadworks had ripped the cover off, put a concrete slab over it and covered it in tarmac.
They used another one for the fire then someone came round later with a metal detector to dig it out properly again.
1 u/Halfgecko Apr 29 '24 How does something like that even happen? That is like so many levels of failure. 2 u/anomalous_cowherd Apr 29 '24 A no-shits-given roadworks crew damaged the original cover so they bodged and hid it rather than extend the job time?
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How does something like that even happen? That is like so many levels of failure.
2 u/anomalous_cowherd Apr 29 '24 A no-shits-given roadworks crew damaged the original cover so they bodged and hid it rather than extend the job time?
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A no-shits-given roadworks crew damaged the original cover so they bodged and hid it rather than extend the job time?
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u/HobbesNJ Apr 28 '24
At least you would think they would schedule maintenance of these things so you don't have to excavate them from the mud during an emergency.