That'll be the roads up for summer.

What a stupid comment,ok dont dig the road up just let water and gas escape.I think its better to repair them.

I think what #1 was getting at was the fact that they tend to dig it up, fix the problem then leave a great big hole in the road for 3 weeks before someone comes and fills it in.

Never mind the road works! The previous contributors need to think about those of us who haven't had a gas supply for 3 days. We might not be freezing to death but we haven't all got electric showers and cookers.
The gas people have been very good though it would have been helpful to have a card through the door on Thursday afternoon to say the gas was off before I got into a panic that my new boiler had broken down.
Strikes me there have been a few too many water leaks in this area recently: two in Wykeham st earlier this year. I think its common knowledge that this country's water/sewage infrastructure badly needs updating. Still I suppose we are to be thankful that living in Scarboro' we didn't get flooded as other parts of the country did a few years ago. That is with the exception of the poor couple in Wykeham st. who got a lovely waterfall through their bedroom window last January!