A car even a oversized 4X4 wont damages the road. The only thing oversized cars do in small streets is use up too much road space.It is the increased axle weight allowance on HGVs that is the core cause of road wear.London Buses are also much heavier than the older types, use more fuel and cause a lot of wear, the heavy axle load and hammer blow of the bendy bus fully laden is attributed to the sudden increase in water and gas main fractures in the Oxford street area alone.But with the population exploding in this part of London, yet health and infra-stucture facilities are reducing and the public transport facilities are barely able to keep up, more must be done to ensure roads and footways are kept in good condition and upgraded in quality to last longer.The present resurfacing standards are way to low to meet the permitted load allowances on HGVs using non A rated roads.More than enough revenue is raised from paying road users to address this.
Anthony Waller ● 4411d