A77 / M77 road surface
A77 / M77 road surface
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Craigie

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1,233 posts

209 months

Saturday 1st June 2013
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Just back from a wee trip down to Ayr tonight to let the dog have a good run and swim along the beach.

Was wondering if there are any regular A77 commuters on here? There was one stretch of road, I think maybe just coming out of the SPECS camera coming towards Glasgow, that I encountered what I can only describe as the noisiest road surface I have ever experienced.

Do I just have a bad set of tyres which made this worse or do regular commuters notice it as well? It was such a loud droan that I couldn't hear the radio over the noise.

Then just as the M77 starts the road surface is crumbling away all over the place - would expect to see that being resurfaced in the not too distant future!!

RPE11Y

983 posts

291 months

Sunday 2nd June 2013
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There are loads of skilled tarmen out of jobs or left the trade cos less and less money getting spent on roads....







Dont get me started.... rage

Humper

946 posts

192 months

Sunday 2nd June 2013
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Yep, esp the bit up past New Farm, you think you've run a bearing/ buggered a tyre. Not surprising the M77 is crap, ever wonder where all the bottoming for the riding centre at Fenwick came from? Look on the bright side, at least you didnt get caught with all the ( mostly fake) specs cameras wink

KB_S1

5,967 posts

259 months

Sunday 2nd June 2013
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Mostly awful.
There is a section between N'Mearns and Fenwick that sets my car into a motion not unlike being at sea.
The area just before the SPECS heading south is super noisy.

Some of the bumps just as you pass N'Mearns heading North are vicious and the big roundabout for E.K./N'Mearns is absolutely shocking. Some of those holes must be 10cm deep or more.

IATM

3,948 posts

177 months

Sunday 2nd June 2013
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Thank goodness!!! So it's not just me that thinks the m77 has turned into a bomb site. It's a nightmare: new potholes are forming from the edges of previous repairs its a bloody joke. I have already had one bent alloy and I replaced it. Literally a week later I could feel another one bent and I have not bothered to replace it.

Trouble is does anyone know how to report the whole m77 from functions 5 through to function 8. There are lots and lots of poor surfaces and lots of potholes. I have been tempted to stop at each one and take pictures but far too risky!

Any ideas?

KB_S1

5,967 posts

259 months

Sunday 2nd June 2013
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Amey have the M'way contract I think.

Kaiser Damz

276 posts

173 months

Sunday 2nd June 2013
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I noticed this too, was coming up from prestwick airport, camera's stopped and it was so loud, I thought I had a flat.

marshal_alan

432 posts

208 months

Sunday 2nd June 2013
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surface from bellfield rbt to fenwick is noisy as hell, like others thought I had a flat. the M77 proper used to be a lovely bit of smooth tarmac but now it is dodge the potholes. seems to be the way with a lot of new roads, the 3 towns bypass at saltcoats is always getting patched and it cant be 6 years old. seems like the top layers of tar are just peeling away in places, not thick enough in the 1st place??

RPE11Y

983 posts

291 months

Sunday 2nd June 2013
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Unikely to be lack of thickness due to checks which would have been made - I would suspect the materials used and/or laying practices and conditions...

Craigie

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1,233 posts

209 months

Sunday 2nd June 2013
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I am glad it wasn't just me then.

As mentioned above it was like a puncture or a bearing gone. Half expected to see my tyre pressure light coming on!

Olivera

8,795 posts

269 months

Monday 3rd June 2013
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The surface on the relatively new A726 going from the M77 to East Kilbride is also disintegrating badly in many places, with the odd concrete repair chucked in to boil one's piss.

AGK

1,605 posts

185 months

Monday 3rd June 2013
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I used to do Ayr > Glasgow and back every day. The M77 bit was fine back then but the A77 is/was shocking.

There is a large section with a massive rut along the middle that would suck you in as you were changing lanes.

The potholes aren't as annoying as the people who cruise in the outside lane at 50 though.