joined up thinking its called Jon.
a few years they re-surfaced the pavement outside my gaff,they got half way up the road when the cable tv mob started at the end they had just finished,digging it up
[Edited on 2/12/06 by theconrodkid]
We have just had 11 nights of road resurfacing taken place, done through the night as we live on a busy road that links several local towns too the M1
so too work during rush hour would have caused chaos.........
Anyway its now complete, painted up new cats eyes the works......
Just been down too paper shop and what did I see........... Bear in mind the new surface was only completed the middle of last week.
ROADWORKS
some bugger digging a trench i bet!
due to the circumstances of the modern day british workmanship with more interest in bright flourescent jackets
ITS PROBABLY SUNK OR CRUMBLING ALREADY
burst water main?
FATTTTT POTHOLE?
if its anything like round here its replace water/gas main
joined up thinking its called Jon.
a few years they re-surfaced the pavement outside my gaff,they got half way up the road when the cable tv mob started at the end they had just
finished,digging it up
[Edited on 2/12/06 by theconrodkid]
quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
ROADWORKS
If its anything like the new bit of the A14 theyv just spent a year doing its probably subsided or crumbled.
A trench is tipplicle councle idea on a new road.
A few years ago they completely re-surfaced a stretch of dual carriageway near my parents. Within a week of it being completed, the local cable TV
firm decided they should have run a cable under it. So rather than taking the p**s and digging it all up, they employed a burrowing robot to dig under
it. Said robot then promptly burrowed straight through a major water main, creating a new lake and cut the water supply off to thousands of homes. The
water board then had to dig up the whole road again to replace the pipe 
Earlier this year we had a similar, but significantly smaller issue:
Colas came round and resurfaced all of the footpaths. Shortly afterwards United Utilities replaced all over the pipework from the water main to each
house which meant digging up patches of the new pavement.
When digging up the pavement outside mine they went through the gas main. They called Transco who did an emergency repair and in doing so went through
my cable connection.
Fortunately, the cable was easily repaired through the existing ducting. The hole was reinstated and then Transco's contractors came back to do
the permanent repair and dug it all up again.
In their final reinstatement they damaged two kerb stones so now the council has been back and dug them up to replace them!
Still, I suppose it keeps people busy!!
I've been waiting over 4 months for the main road I use to get to work to open after a bridge replacement. The minor road used as a diversion
literally fell apart, which ment it was futile taking the kit car during the summer.
Just to rub it in on the posted completion date Lux removed the traffic lights but the road was still closed! bedlam ensued
quote:
Originally posted by bimbleuk
I've been waiting over 4 months for the main road I use to get to work to open after a bridge replacement.
