Posted on 03/03/2010 6:38:42 PM PST by NormsRevenge
BERLIN (AFP) – 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 on Wednesday.
People can buy a hole in Niederzimmern near Leipzig for 50 euros (68 dollars). 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," Schmidt-Rose said.
He said that some potholes had already been snapped up by television channels and newspapers wanting to advertise.
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How long will these messages last before they fade away?
Thats’ strange. I thought all those taxes people pay are supposed to pay for road repairs.
I can see it in 20 years.....”see honey, that is granpa’s crack on the highway”
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
Has Laz hit them, yet?
If it's filled in, it isn't a hole any more.
so if you buy a pothole, and someone, God forbid, hits it, loses control of his car and plows into a sidewalk full of pedestrians, are you liable?
LOL!
When I was a kid, my dad told me to go dig a hole in the yard, and bring it in the house when I’m done.
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