German village sells potholes
A cash-strapped village in eastern Germany has put its many potholes up for sale in a novel effort to finance the repair of its crumbling roads, the mayor said.
People can buy a hole in Niederzimmern near Leipzig for 50 euros ($75). In return the authorities will repair it and put a personal message on top, Christoph Schmidt-Rose told local radio station MDR.
"It's about using a funny idea to find people prepared to help us sort out our roads" who can then "sort of feel like they own the hole in the road," Mr Schmidt-Rose said.
He said that some potholes had already been snapped up by television channels and newspapers wanting to advertise.
Experts estimate that months of severe winter weather have left as many as 40 per cent of Germany's roads badly damaged, and the recession has made it hard for authorities to patch them up.
I mentioned this to my dad, aged 84, he said "bo**ocks to that!"and added" They spent most of the early 40's trying to make holes all over our country and us in their's. So no way I'm paying to fix the holes in their roads, they still haven't payed for the the mess they made here yet".
....fair one! fix your own roads Gunther......
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