Bad roads, Mon Dieu!

One of the most common complaints your readers have is the potholed state of our roads, and what to do about them. Unfortunately, their state is part of “planned obsolescence,’ whereby engineers, contractors and union workers get paid to patch and rebuild poorly-designed roads time after time.

I have driven all over France, and almost never did I see a pothole – not even a patched one. When I asked a French engineer why this is so, he replied that if potholes do occur, the contractor has to repair them at his own cost. So, no potholes.

We must have to bring over French engineers, contractors and workers to re-do our system of roads and highways.

H. Boudreau, Sebastopol