Digging up another hole for cyclists to get out of?
Post categories: City Hall, Cycling, Roads, Transport for London
| 11:29 UK time, Monday, 5 July 2010
Quite a photo of a brand new cycling superhighway being dug up by a utility company.
The superhighways are meant to be smooth radial routes for cyclists into the centre of town and there's a trial at the moment of two routes from Morden and Barking.
The actual scheme doesn't start until 19th July and already the diggers are in.
I'm just trying to find out which utility company is responsible - perhaps Thames Water.
What it also shows is Boris Johnson's roadworks permit scheme didn't work here or it couldn't stop the utility company digging up the lane.
That will be no surprise to anyone who drives around London given the amount of roadworks on the streets at the moment.
The photo will also raise all kinds of questions about lack of co-ordination, joined up thinking, how the superhighways will be resurfaced and who's going to pay?
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Is it CS020SOUTHWARKBRIDGERD (search at http://public.londonworks.gov.uk/)? If so it is due to finish on the 18th so just in time.
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Thanks David for pointing out that website - quite a resource! That is the one I'm pretty sure. Lets hope they finish the roadworks on time and resurface it in the remaining 24 hours.(!) According to the website the work's being carried out by City of London Telecoms and they are digging "Trial holes and installation of telecoms duct in the footway and carriageway". Thames Water I apologise ...the link is: http://public.londonworks.gov.uk/roadworks/?x=9RqkFkFSO9Ts5nE7JosKgQ
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What poor journalism.
A travel coresipondent for BBC London, yet you don't know of the website giving information on roadworks in London. And then guessing at how is responsible for the road works itself?!
I'm guessing that this was knocked up in the five minutes you had spare before you had to copy the travel news from Ceefax for the next travel update.
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