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What the ? Council madness.

ogr1

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Strange happenings going on around here.
New cycle and pedestrian one way systems painted on the roads and pavements.
Scrubbed out junctions and repainted white throughfare lines down the middle of roads.
Double yellow lines painted feckin everywhere, parking bays painted across from residents houses
they have been parking directly outside their houses for years.
Today a Highways Council letter drops through the letterbox.

Heading: Residents consultaion on recent cycleway improvements Tues 11th Aug
between 5 and 6 pm.
but they have already done the feckin work!!!

In a nutshell......

A national strategy to promote walking and cycling.
Budget to be spent within 6 weeks of receipt.
Works to be taken at pace for the use of an experimental traffic regulation order.
Consultation 'not prior' and to consult over a 12 month period, once works have been completed.
Ward councillors and network manager will be undertaking a 'door knock' 'see above dates',
within the affected areas.
Following consultation recieved to date we are proposing to amend the extent of the lining and
introduce a one way system.
We appreciate..blah blah feckin blah.

Well i can't wait, cause the feckin mess these wankers have left on the roads i.e. feckin loose gravel
and debris everywhere..I will donate a 6ft wide feckin yard brush cause they have obviously spent their
budget and can't afford one.
As for the consultation?
Feckin bring it on.
 

JayTee

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Strange happenings going on around here.
New cycle and pedestrian one way systems painted on the roads and pavements.
Scrubbed out junctions and repainted white throughfare lines down the middle of roads.
Double yellow lines painted feckin everywhere, parking bays painted across from residents houses
they have been parking directly outside their houses for years.
Today a Highways Council letter drops through the letterbox.

Heading: Residents consultaion on recent cycleway improvements Tues 11th Aug
between 5 and 6 pm.
but they have already done the feckin work!!!

In a nutshell......

A national strategy to promote walking and cycling.
Budget to be spent within 6 weeks of receipt.
Works to be taken at pace for the use of an experimental traffic regulation order.
Consultation 'not prior' and to consult over a 12 month period, once works have been completed.
Ward councillors and network manager will be undertaking a 'door knock' 'see above dates',
within the affected areas.
Following consultation recieved to date we are proposing to amend the extent of the lining and
introduce a one way system.
We appreciate..blah blah feckin blah.

Well i can't wait, cause the feckin mess these wankers have left on the roads i.e. feckin loose gravel
and debris everywhere..I will donate a 6ft wide feckin yard brush cause they have obviously spent their
budget and can't afford one.
As for the consultation?
Feckin bring it on.

Welcome to the new normal matey, IE they do what the feck they want, we just have to pay for it and suck it up:mad:.
 

ogr1

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Yorkie lot already have the official yellow jersey circuit, but we don't allow ze frogs on our land...No sir!:D
 

Squag1

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Same here.
While they had us locked in the introduced cycle lanes all over the place.
No consultation
 

Martin L Batley

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You should see Rawcliffe Mr Goole, they've put makings for a cycle lane down both sides of the road. The distance between them though isn't wide enough for two cars to pass without going into the cycle lanes. Where's the Sence in that? Especially as I've never seen a cyclist on that road. Just as well too because you can't cycle down the cycle lane for all the parked cars.
 
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DLN1965

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Similarly here
A busy 4 lane carriageway is being transformed ..... into a 2 lane carriageway with a cycle lane added in either direction (this adds to the cycle lane that’s already there on both sides of the road ... WTF ??

Apparently the government have ordered local authorities to make roads cycle friendly, adding cycle lanes and safe areas etc
We already have a cycle lane ... so this road will have a dual carriageway cycle ‘road’ on each side of the carriageway and the busy car lane will have even bigger queues as it’s going to be a one lane on either side ...
We really don’t have THAT many cyclists !!!
 

Centaur

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The lycra mob won't use the cycle lanes provided here because they might get a puncture. They prefer to go in the road where the cars keep it clear.
 

Lee337

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Similarly here
A busy 4 lane carriageway is being transformed ..... into a 2 lane carriageway with a cycle lane added in either direction (this adds to the cycle lane that’s already there on both sides of the road ... WTF ??

Does that mean the cycle lanes have cycle lanes?
 

ogr1

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Well...what a fuck-up.
Made a narrow road even narrower, but with a nice man made chicane in the middle.
This will cause a bottle neck from both sides, wait till the schools are back.
It will be feckin chaos.:rolleyes::BangHead:
 

slim63

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No evidence of the council doing the above sort of roadworks here, I guess they are spending the budget on housing hundreds of asylum seekers instead :BangHead:
 

andyBeaker

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Well...what a fuck-up.
Made a narrow road even narrower, but with a nice man made chicane in the middle.
This will cause a bottle neck from both sides, wait till the schools are back.
It will be feckin chaos.:rolleyes::BangHead:
Not if people cycle instead of using their cars.
 

Cougar377

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Not if people cycle instead of using their cars.
Have you actually tried cycling on suburban roads these days.? Covid has turned a large proportion of the population into human lemmings.

In the last few weeks I've seen...

Cyclists and twats on electric scooters riding on pedestrian only pavements and through shopping precincts in droves. Couples, groups of kids, whole families, pensioners.

Cyclists riding out of junctions, on and off pavements, through red lights with no warning and without looking. Likewise for brain dead pedestrians too interested in their phones or iPods to bother looking.

Drivers who think it's fine to drive on local and residential roads everywhere at 20+mph the posted speed limit because there isn't a copper in sight.

The sheer volume of roadworks that have appeared all at once.
 
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andyBeaker

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Have you actually tried cycling on suburban roads these days.? Covid has turned a large proportion of the population into human lemmings.

In the last few weeks I've seen...

Cyclists and twats on electric scooters riding on pedestrian only pavements and through shopping precincts in droves. Couples, groups of kids, whole families, pensioners.

Cyclists riding out of junctions, on and off pavements, through red lights with no warning and without looking. Likewise for brain dead pedestrians too interested in their phones or iPods to bother looking.

Drivers who think it's fine to drive on local and residential roads everywhere at 20+mph because there isn't a copper in sight.

The sheer volume of roadworks that have appeared all at once.

It's hardly breaking news!!

An idiot is an idiot regardless of mode of transport or personal perambulationology.

You should try it down here where the average age is 97 3/4!!
 

ogr1

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Council reps and highway dept turned up today for the big consultation.
Never got a chance to talk, they were stuck up the end of the road with a crowd of around twelve pissed off residents.
Lots of arm waving and gesticulation. Council officials like nodding dogs.
Yellow vis man fecked off, must have had an earful and was way too hot to be harassed.
Serves em right...Dick'eads.:rolleyes:
 

andyBeaker

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I see you're dragging the averages up by your presence. Probably more like 60 before you moved there...
The average age was on 27 7/8 until a chapter of Blackbird riders moved in increasing it to 97 3/4.

The whole place smells of wee wee and stale cabbage now.
 

sr71caspar

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The average age was on 27 7/8 until a chapter of Blackbird riders moved in increasing it to 97 3/4.

The whole place smells of wee wee and stale cabbage now.

You can hardly class yourself as 'a chapter of Blackbird riders'

A chap who's missis made him stop riding a Blackbird, yes.
 

andyBeaker

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You can hardly class yourself as 'a chapter of Blackbird riders'

A chap who's missis made him stop riding a Blackbird, yes.
I am proud not to have any connection with Blackbirds whatsoever.

Another of my life goals achieved.
 
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