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Is it me or is there an explosion of roadworks with temporary lights at the moment, around where I live they are absolutely everywhere, our town was in practical lockdown this morning after yet another set sprang up on the only road left out of town that didn't have any yesterday. It was pretty bad, drivers were having to do u-turns further blocking the road just to try and find another way out.
Further more all the sets that have sprung up have all been 3 or 4 way controlled ones, you never used to see that anywhere but recently they are on every set which means the traffic has to wait 4 times longer for a green even though 2 of the sets are on minor roads that have virtually no traffic.
I've often heard the myth that the councils have to spend the budget by April to get the same or greater allocation in the next year but here we are again approaching April and the councils are spending money like its going out of fashion. Or the other alternative myth that they are creating traffic chaos to bump up the Co2 to justify road charging. Even if its just gross incompetency they are doing a great job in whipping up the conspiracies.
Further more all the sets that have sprung up have all been 3 or 4 way controlled ones, you never used to see that anywhere but recently they are on every set which means the traffic has to wait 4 times longer for a green even though 2 of the sets are on minor roads that have virtually no traffic.
I've often heard the myth that the councils have to spend the budget by April to get the same or greater allocation in the next year but here we are again approaching April and the councils are spending money like its going out of fashion. Or the other alternative myth that they are creating traffic chaos to bump up the Co2 to justify road charging. Even if its just gross incompetency they are doing a great job in whipping up the conspiracies.
Just to follow up my thread the roadworks going on are showing no signs of abating, in fact they are getting worse and worse. Is there any sort of law that says enough is enough? There is one road in particular that is way worse than any other, in the ten years I have lived in this area I'm not exaggerating when I say a 3 mile trunk road has had roadworks/traffic lights on it once a month every month for the last 10 years now.
What happens is it gets dug up for various utilities, at the moment its electricity Northwest, they have been digging it up in various spots for the last 2 years, then it gets so bad it needs resurfacing so that's more roadworks, they the gas company dig it up for a couple more years, then it needs resurfacing again. This gets rinsed and repeated for as long as I can remember.
The residents in both the towns it connects together are at their wits end with it all, it adds a good hour onto everyone's journey, surely it cant be something that is just tough luck and its something they have to put up with for ever more, surely there must be a limit as to how many times they take over the road. I wouldn't mind but there are fields either side of the road, why don't they buy the field, build a road in it and dig that one up if they are obsessed with digging holes in roads?
I've tried writing to the various authorities about it but the highways department just said "wrong department" and ENW said "its for the greater good" but don't worry they will finish in a couple of days. then they started a new hole 100 yards away, these are due to last until 7th April but I can guarantee they will start another set just a bit further along after that.
I feel like doing a "falling down" and giving them something to actually fix.
What happens is it gets dug up for various utilities, at the moment its electricity Northwest, they have been digging it up in various spots for the last 2 years, then it gets so bad it needs resurfacing so that's more roadworks, they the gas company dig it up for a couple more years, then it needs resurfacing again. This gets rinsed and repeated for as long as I can remember.
The residents in both the towns it connects together are at their wits end with it all, it adds a good hour onto everyone's journey, surely it cant be something that is just tough luck and its something they have to put up with for ever more, surely there must be a limit as to how many times they take over the road. I wouldn't mind but there are fields either side of the road, why don't they buy the field, build a road in it and dig that one up if they are obsessed with digging holes in roads?
I've tried writing to the various authorities about it but the highways department just said "wrong department" and ENW said "its for the greater good" but don't worry they will finish in a couple of days. then they started a new hole 100 yards away, these are due to last until 7th April but I can guarantee they will start another set just a bit further along after that.
I feel like doing a "falling down" and giving them something to actually fix.
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