Roadworks

[ColinWB]

I rode through a few roadworks today, they seem to be popping up regularly now. Though that was on a 230 mile ride, so not really an issue. My local newspaper had a story today that Inverclyde has had more than 300 separate roadworks going on in the last 12 months, lasting for a total of 1, 850 days. Inverclyde is tiny, look at it on a map. No wonder it feels like gridlock every day. Anyone else have that in their local area?

[Stu]

Almost 5 years of roadworks on one road here plus various other road works going on too plus a main bridge that had to have an emergency closure 

 

It's just never ending

[AstronautNinja]

It'd be easier for me to name you somewhere that's not fvxked

 

It's pretty much a constant rotation varying between shite and very shite. 

[Bender]

I drove my kids home last week with yet another night time closure of the A1 and the most ridiculous diversion, I said you've had roadworks every time I've taken you home, dad he said, the roadworks have been here as long as I've been alive, he's 27

[ColinWB]

24 minutes ago, ColinWB said:

I rode through a few roadworks today, they seem to be popping up regularly now. Though that was on a 230 mile ride, so not really an issue. My local newspaper had a story today that Inverclyde has had more than 300 separate roadworks going on in the last 12 months, lasting for a total of 1, 850 days. Inverclyde is tiny, look at it on a map. No wonder it feels like gridlock every day. Anyone else have that in their local area?

Just did a quick calc, that's 5 years of roadworks in 1 year!!

[Mickly]

Worst thing about bloody road works is that they’re mostly not for repairing the road, mostly Utility companies, Council installing road calming measures & cycle lanes, and around here it’s fugging HS2.

If I ruled the world, any digging up any part of the road would be forced to resurface the whole of it to a high standard for 1/2 mile each side of the works

[JRH]

There are 2 traffic islands close together near me. They are altering the lanes, adding traffic lights on one and a cycle lane on the other. Sign says work to last 52 weeks. I don't belive that as recent junction modification over run by that amount.

Also nearby a new bridge over a dual carriage way to alter the slip roads is getting on for about 3 years late.

[Bender]

Right who mentioned roadworks cause your a jinxy twat  

 

On traversing Northumberland today 2 of the most ridiculous diversions, one not even signed just road closed and a bloke asleep in a van and shut, probably half a mile of road with a 15 mile detour to get back to the other side of it the ........... Insert own words.

 

Got round that and 10 mile later another road closed argggggg should have taken me 35min took an hour, did end up on a road I didn't know existed although it was more like a farm track, single lane, few passing places but not another car on the entire road.

[Steve_M]

There’s a massive effort to put full fibre internet into the rural community around us. As the roads are relatively narrow closure is probably the safest option for the people doing the work. Difficulties arise when diversion signs are scattered Willy-nilly around the place pointing in numerous directions with no reference to which road closure the particular diversion sign is for. For visitors to the area it would be easy to do several laps of the locality by mixing up which diversions to follow. 

[bonio]

In Germany they number them. You start on Umleitung 7 or whatever and there's a special sign to tell you you've got to the end.  It's so German.

[Bender]

12 minutes ago, bonio said:

In Germany they number them. You start on Umleitung 7 or whatever and there's a special sign to tell you you've got to the end.  It's so German.

I just thought Umleitung was a made up song name by status quo  

[ColinWB]

2 hours ago, Bender said:

Right who mentioned roadworks cause your a jinxy twat  

 

On traversing Northumberland today 2 of the most ridiculous diversions, one not even signed just road closed and a bloke asleep in a van and shut, probably half a mile of road with a 15 mile detour to get back to the other side of it the ........... Insert own words.

 

Got round that and 10 mile later another road closed argggggg should have taken me 35min took an hour, did end up on a road I didn't know existed although it was more like a farm track, single lane, few passing places but not another car on the entire road.

Well, that's me told 

[bud]

Loads going on round me now. Mainly utility. But had three different roads closed for resurfacing.

Last week I had six sets of roadworks on the right mile road to work.

And the road to work is closed again tomorrow with a five mile diversion.

[Mickly]

[AstronautNinja]

5 hours ago, Mickly said:

Wow wow wow. Let's not be casting bad light on the councils that allow this malarkey considering their accurate and strictly necessary approach to local works