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Clive Atkinson, Llanfairfechan
The problem with the cones is that they are left in place even when no work is going on. The trunk road agency saves money by not lifting and then resetting the cones for the next work team, even if it may be a few days before the next team does their work. Motorways have their maintenance done at night, cones on and off as the work goes on. It would seem this route does not merit this expense.
Fri Jun 12 10:01:13 2009
Chris Rees, Caernarfon
I have travelled between Bangor and Conwy for the last 2 years on the A55 and have yet to have a journey without cones on that section. How much longer is this farce going to continue? It's probably quicker to cycle between Bangor and Conwy than drive. Someone mentioned renaming the area Conewy, we are the laughing stock of Europe, traffic lights and cones are a multi million pound industry in Wales, anyone completing a journey in wales without being stuck at these permenant (temporary) lights can count themselves very lucky these days.
Tue Jun 9 10:34:28 2009
Fed up LLandudno
Not sure if Chris A London is aware how poorly served we are by public transport in this area and have no choice other than using the car. Maybe Boris would inject some of the London budget into North Wales
Thu Jun 4 10:43:28 2009
Chris A, London
This is ridiculous. It is essential that people have the choice to cycle this route. There is no easy alternative. Why do people always think motorists should have a god-like status. So you queue 10-15 mins - this is not a huge damage. At the moment the route is dangerous and needs fixing. Leave the car at home and take the train.
Tue May 26 14:57:24 2009
Fed up LLandundno
Another sign today informing of work to commence on the 21st (more cones!) McAlpine would have built a motorway in the timescale it takes to carry out repairs to this strech of road.
Tue Apr 7 12:30:37 2009
Not So Speedy Commuter
Would anybody have any other suggestions as to what CHAS RYAN could do with one of the said cones? I dont think he (and the other plonkers)would be so glib if these cones reduced your take home pay because you spent time queueing instead of working.There have been cones in this area for the best part of 2 years and it's a disgrace, not to mention cones at other locations on the A55.
Fri Mar 27 16:30:29 2009
Chas Ryan (Neston)
I agree totally with Alan from the earlier entry. Cones are just a necessary evil now if we want to use the roads as much as we do, they have to be maintained sometime and it must be hard to try and schedule works in for a time when the road is quiet and not being used. I quite like cones anyway, a multitude of uses, not just for traffic control. I've often played one (trumpet style) on the way home from bingo.
Tue Mar 24 10:19:44 2009
Fed up, Llandudno
Second week in March and the cones are still with us with no evidence of any work taking place. So much for the promise of completion by February! Must be February 2010.
Thu Mar 12 09:31:00 2009
Llanberis Commuter
Fed up Bangor - you win a free-sight test! The bridges werent even there then.
Fri Feb 13 10:18:21 2009
Alan Howcroft
Come on guys. They are only cones. I travel each day on my "easy rider" motor cycle and enjoy the lovely views cones or no cones. Just think you could live in the urban sprawl like I do. Come on enjoy Wales and take it to your hearts like I have.
Wed Feb 11 11:21:25 2009
Fed Up Bangor
I spotted a cyclist two months ago. What do I win?
Wed Feb 11 11:20:30 2009
Still as fed up as ever from Llanberis
Is there a prize for anyone who spots the first cyclist over the new bridges?
Tue Feb 10 09:45:32 2009
Fed Up, Bangor
Llanberis Commuter, a three lane motorway might be a bad idea. That would mean them digging it up again for the next ten years, plus another ten fixing all the mistakes from cost cutting. Hopefully they might get lost after this job for a while and let us use it cone free, but saying that, maybe not.
Tue Jan 20 09:16:16 2009
Llanberis Commuter
Having seen the size of the cycle bridges that have gone up this week, I dread to think of the cost. Seeing that the cyclists should now be happy, let's see the same level of investment for the motorist - a 3-lane motorway across North Wales.
Fri Jan 16 11:02:23 2009
Not So Speedy Commuter
Coneman - No the roadworks don't need doing with such unnecessary regularity, a bit of planning and the work which necessitates lane closures could be reduced considerably, anyone with half a brain would recognise that fact.Also, just look at today's ecconomic climate matey, it would appear jobsworth's days are numbered - someone will soon catch on there can be big savings made with a bit more planning - then no more cone man! I would not wish anybody out of a job, but you seem to enjoy the delays we all suffer. Happy Christmas.
Tue Dec 23 09:18:35 2008
coneman
hope these road works last forever - they must need doing and it keeps me in a job
Mon Dec 22 09:57:37 2008
Fed up LLandudno
Oh joy of joy, more cones this morning! It gave me a brilliant thought though - why not cone all the A55 and make the other lane a cycle path?
Tue Dec 16 09:29:34 2008
Gaz
The A55 was supossed to cost £x to construct. If we'd waited for all the funds to do it, it would have been built 10yrs later than hoped. So insteed they accepted far less money initially to build 'a road', and have the rest of the funds in dribs and drabs yearly to maintain it. And that is why the A55 dual carriage way is usually coned off and down to one lane. They spend half as much, had a road that was only half as decent and have ended up (with all the cones) half a road.
Wed Nov 26 09:27:57 2008
John from Bangor
Actually it was Chief Constable Brunstrom who pushed for the cycleway to be 'completed' as it was so dangerous stopping in the central reservation just east of Llanfairfechan. Having found myself stranded there with 70mph fast moving traffic and nowhere to go, as a pedestrian, I can relate to the need to complete this route. What I don't understand is how on earth in these health and safety conscious times, such an awful design of cycleway was ever built to end there in the first place. We are paying dearly now to retro-fit because of the inadequecy of the original 1980s design. The scenery is spectacular, accessibility is good, the problem of why no one uses the cycleway at present is because it is so poorly designed and right next to a dual carriageway. I dearly hope the new design helps overcome its lack of attractiveness to users, though my experience of cycleway design in the UK suggests a heavily-engineered yet poor (standards based) design is most probable.
Wed Nov 26 09:27:19 2008
A55blues
Lovely, an extension to the cones, all the way from Llan roundabout to the Pen one. Perhaps we should rename this as Coneway county.I remember Hogans laying a new surface between Llanfair and Aber some years ago. They did the work at night to minimise the disruption. That was back in a time when the roads were for the benefit of the users.
Thu Nov 20 09:35:04 2008
David, Bangor
Henry - I, personally, don't have any problem with cyclists. My gripe is with the spud-heads who manage the works and cannot get their heads around the fact that the A55 is a major arterial road; if the works need doing, then they should be completed with all speed (not on the cheap, with short-time, under-crewed teams).
Mon Nov 10 16:55:16 2008
HappyHenry
As both a cyclist and a driver I welcome any progression regarding the promotion of cycling in this country. It is unfortunate that the powers that be did not think to coordinate the cycle bridge works with the earlier road works done at Llanfairfechan last year. Once finished, the bridges will link the communities of Llanfairfechan and Penmaenmawr and hopefully encourage commuting by bicycle from these towns to Conwy/Llandudno - easily achievable by anyone.This country needs to start giving cyclists a better deal. With these cycle paths more people are encouraged to get out of their cars and onto their bikes, but at the moment, the sheer aggression of some drivers towards cyclists is enough to put anyone off. Next time you come up behind a cyclist, please remember, they are probably a driver too - but are making the decision to get out of their car and use their bike.
Thu Nov 6 09:47:20 2008
Geoff Tubb, Deganwy
It would be good to have a clear justification for 18 months of misery and cost to the tens of thousands of motorists that suffer hours of delay every week in the lane closures for building cycle bridges at Penmaenmawr. It is clearly not good enough for the justification to be cyclists. Surely the interests of a few should not be allowed to cause huge damage to the life of the many. Where is the justice in that? Where, too, is the accountability for the traffic planning around the implementation?
Mon Nov 3 15:52:07 2008
Clive Atkinson, Llanfairfechan
Less than 2 years ago a removable wired central reservation was put in at the western portal of the Llanfairfechan tunnel, to enable contra-flows. It has now all been dug up, and foundations for the new cycle bridge put in.Next, allegedly, they plan to remove the roundabout, which they spent over eight months re-engeneering. Oh, but before that, they intend to put a new B road in, alongside the A55 from Llan to Aber.It seems ironic that they have the nerve to call themselves planners, at the Trunk Road Agency. This road has always been built on the cheap. As a result accident levels and congestion have forced continual rebuilds, new junctions & bridges retro-fitted, at much greater expense, than if done full price in the first place.
Mon Oct 27 10:07:38 2008
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