South Circular roadworks - excessive disruption

[malumbu]

5 hours ago, jazzer said:

Exactly, the cycle lane was an excuse to slow traffic, it's unnecessary because it's never used, never seen one cyclist cycle along there, EVER, EVER. It is an excuse to solve another problem.  

It's meant to slow the traffic.  Narrows the road, so naturally slows the traffic.  That is because before it was a race track up to the cameras.  Much nicer now.

[Guest]

Yeo, it slows journey times, its a road designed to move traffic along it at 30mph, reduced by a clown to 20mph, creating greater levels of pollution as a result. And don't argue ulez or cpz or ltn's all designed to purely make money schemes. Why have road tax then???????????

[Rockets]

The road is often gridlocked due to cars now being able to park thus reducing the whole road to one lane for both directions buses are often getting stuck - and if a cyclist happens to use the cycle lane the council throws a party for them when they reach the other end....such is the rarity of such an event. That whole road is now a festering relic to the whole botched active travel experiment- the very best visual reminder of the ludicrous approach taken by our council as they waste tax payers money to satiate the demands of the cycle lobby.

[march46]

Is this thread still a discussion about the South Circular roadworks? 

[first mate]

I see that Southwark cyclists website says cycling in the borough is lower than average, which is an interesting admission, given the amounts being spent on infrastructure.

March, you are right, I am reposting this elsewhere.

Edited March 18, 2025 by first mate

[snowy]

10 hours ago, Rockets said:

The road is often gridlocked due to cars now being able to park thus reducing the whole road to one lane for both directions buses are often getting stuck - and if a cyclist happens to use the cycle lane the council throws a party for them when they reach the other end....such is the rarity of such an event. That whole road is now a festering relic to the whole botched active travel experiment- the very best visual reminder of the ludicrous approach taken by our council as they waste tax payers money to satiate the demands of the cycle lobby.

Have you even read the traffic management order for it? Clearly not.

What were you banned for?

[Rockets]

I got suspended for calling someone out for using the death of an engineer as a personal jibe. I should of learnt a lesson from some sage advice a rugby coach once gave me - it's not the player who throws the first punch that gets yellow-carded it's the player who retaliates. I think admin deemed me repeating my accusation against said poster for using the death of someone as a personal jibe as too much - fair enough - admin sets the rules....I did plead my innocence but got no response so I served my time (for a crime I didn't commit!!! ;-))

[snowy]

So you were banned for something you don't think you did?  Right. 

[Rockets]

Snowy, yup you're right - invariably the person who retaliates get punished not the person who threw the first punch! Lessons learned and all that - and certainly I will be stickler for obeying the rules to the letter now - also acutely aware that there are probably some who will go out of their way to try to get people banned to silence dissenting voices in the debate!!

Probably good advice to everyone else to follow the rules for fear suspensions etc get issued to them.

[first mate]

Posted in wrong thread...again.

Edited March 21, 2025 by first mate

[ab29]

As if the situation on South Circular wasn't bad enough, the Thames Water decided to dig out a hole near LL /Wood Vale and block the bus lane

Edited March 21, 2025 by ab29

[Guest]

And another hole further down, Thames water are making a take over bid for the roads, heaven help us, their incompetence never ceases to amaze. 

[ab29]

Ok so no work done on Saturday on Sunday. No overnight works.

8am during the week - no one on site.

5pm during the week - nobody.

It must be the first ever TfL "working from home" road repair. 

 

[malumbu]

As a number of you are so interested in road works thought you'd appreciate this:

 

[ab29]

No end to the nightmare

 

[Penguin68]

Trying to divert attention eh Mal? 

[malumbu]

Nothing wrong with a bit of humour

Here's another one

 

[ab29]

One hole covered, another one dug out, closer to LL / Wood Vale bus stop:

 

And hey, the Wood Vale is closed! Such fun

Edited March 26, 2025 by ab29

[malumbu]

I'm on a roll.  This lot may be able to do a better job than TfL, local authorities, Thames Water and other utilities 

 

[ab29]

Normal people versus trash

[Penguin68]

Mal, you do seem desparate to trivialise what are clearly disruptive and poorly planned and managed roadworks, implemented with no thought or care for the road users and tax payers. 

[ab29]

45 minutes ago, Penguin68 said:

Mal, you do seem desparate to trivialise what are clearly disruptive and poorly planned and managed roadworks, implemented with no thought or care for the road users and tax payers. 

Yeah, would want to know which part of Dulwich this individual lives in - or even if it is a real person 🤔

Edited March 26, 2025 by ab29

[Sue]

1 hour ago, Penguin68 said:

Mal, you do seem desparate to trivialise what are clearly disruptive and poorly planned and managed roadworks, implemented with no thought or care for the road users and tax payers. 

Passed there today on the bus.

There were people working on them, and no apparent disruption to traffic.

The road being dug up outside ED station seemed to be causing much worse problems when I passed on Monday.

[Rockets]

What work are they doing outside ED station? Another route in and out of Dulwich disrupted...it's becoming a badly organised joke.

[Earl Aelfheah]

12 hours ago, Rockets said:

What work are they doing outside ED station? Another route in and out of Dulwich disrupted...it's becoming a badly organised joke.

It's very annoying as they actually did a good job of working on resurfacing the road there over a series of nights to minimise disruption, only to finish and then start digging up another bit during the day.