Roadwork yawn
As someone pointed out to me Saturday and I've just confirmed the pot-hole in York Street that has been blocked off has gained a metal sheet over the top of it. This is one of those temporary contoured sheets used to cover up holes and allow either pedestrians or vehicles to travel over it. Except of course you can't because it has orange barricades around it so... no I'm stumped. Of course it matters not to anyone as we had two cars parked on the right before it and one open back lorry parked after it. Good to see those traffic wardens are being kept busy. Just as they were this morning with the double-parked Superdrug delivery van with the driver peering in at the door to see if anyone was in.
To add to the fun the left-hand lane of Vale Road is cordoned off. As it stands someone's doing work at the top next to the splitter triangle. Judging by the crane and the metal tubes it looks like lampposts are going up, might be along the entire stretch there. Interesting to note that such an enterprise apparently requires two open-back lorries carrying signs and cones, another carrying the trunks, a crane, and an eOn van obstructing the pavements on the splitter triangle. Oh but applause due for the signs on both approaches being not only on the correct side as you drive, but also giving accurate information as to which lane is being blocked; a sad thing being that you can't seem to count on either of those things just being done nowadays.
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You've just reminded me that last week I found a "road narrows on the left" sign in the cycle lane - a not unusual occurrence. I was slightly surprised, though, to see that the roadworks were entirely on the pavement and didn't obstruct the road at all.
Since that cycle lane is entirely within the car-dooring zone for the adjacent parking bays, the sign was a good reminder not to use that lane.
By sheer coincidence I've just passed a 'road narrows on left' in High Street where they're working solely on the pavement and the pedestrians displaced can still walk on the pavement around them. The only thing causing problems are the cones they've placed along the kerb in the road presumably to protect the pedestrians as they... do what they normally do.
As for the cycle lane well we both know that so many have been put up because of the 'we have cycle lanes give us money' who cares if they're neither needed nor sited correctly so long as we get the funding?
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