WHY, oh why, can the Highways Department never finish the job?

They spend millions on laying a nice, smooth tarmac surface, then leave it littered with spine-shattering sunken manhole covers!

The A435 Bishops Cleeve bypass, near Cheltenham, is a classic example!

Nearer home, Waterside is to be avoided at all costs – and it’s highly ironic that Evesham Hospital is located half-way along!

These are not roads to be travelled after a hospital cataract operation, nor for anybody with spinal problems!

If the covers belong to Severn Trent, then Severn Trent should be obliged to raise them level with the surface.

If they won’t, then the Highways should do it and send them the bill! If they refuse to pay, knock it off the next council water bill! It’s not rocket science!

If the whole of Europe – which is a very big area – can lay smooth roads, it’s high time we learnt how to do it, as well!

Stanley Parr

Pershore