Gas works gridlock this summer

[Penguin68]

But I pointed out that they are not even working 5 days a week 9 - 5. That's standard pay, they can't be paid less! If they were just employed for continuous working weeks the jobs would be completed faster. And there is a real cost to the economy as a whole when traffic is disrupted unnecessarily long. 

Amended to say - I do understand that blockages may continue when no work is being undertaken when, for instance, tarmac is being allowed to set - although I also note that once it's rolled traffic is often allowed on to it quite quickly. Concrete will take longer. But the work-free delays are rarely of this nature.

Edited June 8 by Penguin68

[Earl Aelfheah]

These works do appear to take a long time and have extended periods of inactivity. That said, I don't think we can say why there are periods of inactivity - it may well be that things needs to settle / set, or whatever, and that they move people onto other works whilst that's happening. Who knows? I can't imagine it's in anyone's interests to extend these things out any longer than necessary.

Edited June 13 by Earl Aelfheah

[Rockets]

I think a lot of it is that nothing seems to work anymore, nothing is joined up and since Covid planning and delivery just arent lining up. Has anyone had anything close to the level of customer service big companies used to give before Covid...it's almost as if they don't care anymore and I can imagine in utilities with items being shipped from around the world that it is utter chaos.

I hadn't been to that part of Dulwich for a while and it is really bad.

Edited June 13 by Rockets