AS a council tax payer and road user I thought I would write and comment on what I saw today in Poole and still cannot understand.

Dale Valley Road is a very busy commuting and speeding route or rat-run depending on who you are.

The road is strewn with pot holes (some times it feels like you are on the ocean as you move along).

I was shocked to see road workers repainting the double yellow and centre white lines.

They were actually painting in the pot holes, in some cases on loose gravel!

What a waste of money. Either do the job properly and resurface the road now, or repaint and re-patch it again in a couple of months!

R GRAHAM, Dale Valley Road, Oakdale, Poole