Potholes have been a major problem for the council in the past. Image: Stock.
Which do you prefer – to see Aberdeen’s potholes fixed or have city streets blacked out at night because street lamps don’t work?
The pothole problem is never resolved, but that is the nature of a never-ending problem: the repair work can’t catch up with the workload.
Now council officials have uncovered something else to rival the perpetual-pothole issue. The city’s street-lamp columns carry a hidden menace: many are rusting away from inside, making them potentially dangerous.
It means that millions of pounds set aside to fix the holes might have to be spent on lamp columns instead, which means – yes, you’ve guessed it – even more potholes.
Blacked-out streets are never an option, especially if crime rates soar.
Money should found to fix both of these problems – not one or the other.
If the lamps get the cash, at least we can console ourselves with seeing potholes more clearly at night. Some consolation.
