{"id":864,"date":"2013-05-01T10:52:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T09:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/?p=864"},"modified":"2013-05-01T10:53:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T09:53:48","slug":"lets-improve-our-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2013\/05\/lets-improve-our-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s improve our roads!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-867\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P4180057.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-867\" alt=\"A drain - or &quot;gulley&quot; clearly in need of clearing!\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P4180057-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P4180057-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P4180057.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A drain &#8211; or &#8220;gulley&#8221; clearly in need of clearing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to grumble about the pot holes, overhanging branches and &#8211; in wet weather &#8211; drains that aren&#8217;t taking the water away.\u00a0 It&#8217;s almost as easy to do something about it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-866\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P4110017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-866\" alt=\"A priority pot hole for attention - in my book at least!\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P4110017-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P4110017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P4110017.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A priority pot hole for attention &#8211; in my book at least!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0On the routes I use, I&#8217;m trying to improve the situation for all cyclists (and others), by reporting the worst examples of repairs that are needed.\u00a0 It feels really positive when I see a change later!<\/p>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" id=\"attachment_868\" style=\"width: 310px\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P4280098.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-868\" alt=\"Halfway: The council has marked this pot hole for repair.\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P4280098-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P4280098-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P4280098.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Halfway: The council has marked this pot hole for repair.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Within Derby you need to contact the City Council; email <a href=\"mailto:streetpride@derby.gov.uk\">streetpride@derby.gov.uk<\/a> or phone 0333 2006981 (local rates apply) or 01332-293111 (option 1).\u00a0 Outside the city Derbyshire County Council is responsible for roads and the borough\/district council for litter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-865\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P5010103.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-865\" alt=\"Job done!  A completed repair.\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P5010103-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P5010103-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P5010103.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Job done! A completed repair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Working together we should be able to make the roads safer for everyone!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It&#8217;s easy to grumble about the pot holes, overhanging branches and &#8211; in wet weather &#8211; drains that aren&#8217;t taking the water away.\u00a0 It&#8217;s almost as easy to do something about it. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0On the routes I use, I&#8217;m trying to improve the situation for all cyclists (and others), by reporting the worst examples&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2013\/05\/lets-improve-our-roads\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Let&#8217;s improve our roads!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[21,20,19,18,22,13,15,16,17],"class_list":["post-864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campaigning","tag-council","tag-derby-city-council","tag-drains","tag-guleys","tag-highway-authority","tag-lucy-care","tag-pot-holes","tag-potholes","tag-road-repairs","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}