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"Worst road in Britain": Takeaways and taxis refuse to visit this Essex road
NationalWorld.com
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12/01/2024
Angry residents say the "worst road in Britain" has still not been fixed - a year on.
Locals living on the Bel Air Chalet Estate in Essex complained last January about pothole-strewn Seawick Road.
They say some repair work was done in August but workmen downed tools without finishing. Via SWNS.
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00:00
[WATER FLOWING]
00:18
My name is Francis.
00:19
I've been on the air for about 16 years now.
00:21
The roads down here are absolutely horrendous.
00:24
As you can see by the potholes, people just can't get through.
00:27
They can't get down.
00:28
The old folk, they can't get down to the arcades
00:30
to play their daily bingo.
00:33
Just horrendous down here.
00:34
Even the dustman can't get up here.
00:35
They can't even get the spins on the back of the lorry.
00:38
The road is so uneven.
00:40
[WATER FLOWING]
01:04
You can't get any deliveries down here.
01:06
Like, they won't even come onto the side.
01:07
You have to go all the way down the bottom to get your food now.
01:10
A couple of years ago, when we had the snow before,
01:13
the potholes were that bad.
01:15
Even the ambulance come down, and they got stuck in the hole.
01:17
If someone's, like, half dying on this side,
01:20
they've got no chance of getting into the site,
01:22
because they get stuck all the time.
01:24
[WATER FLOWING]
01:41
My name is Paul Lucas.
01:43
I own a village inn pub.
01:46
Since the road's been like this, I've
01:47
owned it for the last six years.
01:49
But the road has never, ever been done.
01:52
There's been people going over on bush bikes,
01:55
on disability scooters.
01:57
There's no lighting.
01:58
It's just ridiculous.
02:00
The owners of the camp--
02:02
I've had the pub for six years-- have never, ever come
02:04
and seen me.
02:05
The trade has gone downhill, because I just won't get people
02:09
come down this road.
02:11
I think it was last year or the year before,
02:13
a woman broke her hip.
02:15
An ambulance come down, got stuck.
02:17
They called for another one that come down.
02:19
That got stuck.
02:20
Then they had to get a tractor in to pull the two of them out.
02:22
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
02:30
The police was down here yesterday with the council,
02:34
left the cars at the end of the road.
02:35
So they won't even bring their cars down.
02:37
But if they won't come down here, what chance we got?
02:39
[DOG BARKING]
02:41
[CHATTER]
02:44
[DOG BARKING]
02:45
[CHATTER]
02:46
[DOG BARKING]
02:47
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
02:58
This is one of the potholes.
03:00
It's about 4 and 1/2, 5 inches deep.
03:02
But the whole road is exactly like this.
03:06
There's well over 100 potholes on this road alone.
03:09
People's suspensions are snapping.
03:12
Ambulances have been getting stuck.
03:14
We've had one lady fall over and break her hip.
03:16
People in mobility scooters that can't use this road
03:19
because they just can't-- it's not safe enough for them.
03:22
We've got people down here with children
03:23
that need to be pushed along in buggies.
03:25
Obviously, that can't be done.
03:26
We've had enough, and we want something done about it.
03:29
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
03:40
I bought this scooter from my partner, who's a stroke
03:43
survivor, but she just can't use it.
03:46
How can I send her out down this road on it?
03:48
I just got stuck myself.
03:51
I'm not disabled, so I have breathing problems.
03:54
She can't walk.
03:55
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
04:09
I'm Martin.
04:10
I'm from Dolly's Pantry in Bel-Air.
04:14
I've run this shop for over five years now.
04:18
In the last three years, I have lost possibly 60%
04:22
of my business.
04:24
On a Sunday alone, I've lost over 80% of my business
04:27
because of the state of the roads.
04:29
The area manager for the ground comes down.
04:31
He's not interested.
04:32
He just laughs at people.
04:33
He laughs in their face.
04:34
It has become a horrendous struggle to survive now.
04:38
I don't know where the solution is going to come,
04:40
but something has to be definitely done about it.
04:42
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
04:46
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
04:49
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