POOR road surfaces, dirty road signs and worn-out white lines all feature in calls to local councillors – and according to some the situation is getting worse. But the state of the area’s road has been defended by BCP Cabinet members although even they admit that contacting the council to report faults can be difficult. One councillor, Tony Trent told of road repairs and re-surfacing in his ward having to be repeated because the jobs were so badly done to begin with. He told of one area in his Alderney and Bourne Valley ward where nothing was changed on the surface of a pavement to be re-surfaced before a tarmac slurry was spread across it – covering weeds, twigs and even drains.