Camberwell green roadworks (bus crash)

[niall]

How on bleedin earth can this still be going on. Just sat on a hot flipping bus for 15 minutes trying to get past it.

One month on from the incident. Ridiculous..I'm speechless.

[jimmyay]

i thought it was just southern gas works doing their thing of digging up most of south london at the moment. Is it related to the bus crash? how can a bus crash mean they have to dig up all the roads?

[The Minkey]

I think it damaged the gas main, but I could be mistaken. It still smelled of gas when I walked by it last week.

[kford]

It's just the ongoing gas main replacement

[KalamityKel]

There was scheduled work to be done along there but with the bus accident things were brought forward a little.

Sheesh 15 mins you waited to get past? WOW! Come off it 15mins of your life gone all beyond your control... take a breath man it's hardly worth getting in a bother about! *shrugs*

[kford]

I find it quicker than when the normal 4-way light system is in operation.

[picapica]

Its scheduled to be completed today... I hope penalties will ensue if they don't...

[PhilPhilPhil]

I'll be very happy if it's completed today. I went past on Monday evening (after the usual delay) and it didnt look anywhere near being completed but hopefully they've had a sudden flurry of activity this week. But as I understand it Southern Gas are not too bothered by penalties arising from delayed completion of roadworks and I've always assumed that ultimately it's the customers that end up paying for it. I don't reach that part of my journey home til 7ish but I heard they were finishing work at 4 oclock each day, is that right?

[Pugwash]

My office is based near Maudsley and the last few times I have been called out to clients, I have to come back via this junction. The first time it took 30 minutes from the Old Father Redcap junction ( is it Planet Hollywood now?) to DeCrespigney Park in the car. The 2nd time was about the same. On Tuesday having been out to the Bricklayers Arms area I decided to come back to the office via Peckham back streets and Dog Kennel Hill. Took me 2 miles extra but at least I was moving all the time and saved myself 15 minutes stuck in traffic

[Saila]

camberwell is hell to drive through when there aren't works going on. Peckham back streets is always quicker. With roadworks this would be a complete nightmare - plenty of reasons to avoid camberwell full stop imo, Peckham's much nicer ;)

[PhilPhilPhil]

The Camberwell roadworks looked like they were pretty much finished when I went through last night so hopefully that'll be cleared away today or tomorrow. But now my morning journey to work is being disrupted by a multi-hole dig at the top of Peckham Rye / Nigel Road courtesy of Thames Water. Grrr!

[The Minkey]

Seems like that Peckham Rye/Nigel Rd junction has been a hotspot for roadworks the past couple of years.

[PhilPhilPhil]

Perhaps there's a really good working man's cafe nearby.