Phantom roadworks
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Necessary roadworks are a necessary evil. But what about phantom roadworks?
About two weeks ago they introduced a 40/50 mph limit on the M11 between junctions 11 and 13. There are signs saying “speed limit for your safety” and one saying “incomplete barrier”…yet I cannot detect any damage to the central barrier nor any changes in the road at all. There have been no roadworks to repair said phantom damage. No indication how long the speed limit will be in place.
Of course it is dangerous because about 70-80% of people obey the pointless limits but 20-30% (including many trucks) don’t bother so you have big speed differentials and people pulling out into the outside lane at 40 with traffic approaching behind at 70.
Anyone else suffering such nonsense near them?
About two weeks ago they introduced a 40/50 mph limit on the M11 between junctions 11 and 13. There are signs saying “speed limit for your safety” and one saying “incomplete barrier”…yet I cannot detect any damage to the central barrier nor any changes in the road at all. There have been no roadworks to repair said phantom damage. No indication how long the speed limit will be in place.
Of course it is dangerous because about 70-80% of people obey the pointless limits but 20-30% (including many trucks) don’t bother so you have big speed differentials and people pulling out into the outside lane at 40 with traffic approaching behind at 70.
Anyone else suffering such nonsense near them?
king chaos for about 5 miles!Well after about a month or more the speed restrictions on the M11 have disappeared. They don’t seem to have done any roadworks and I can’t see that any barriers have been repaired or replaced. So they just forced restrictions for well over a month for no discernible reason (they didn’t even repair the pot holes, which would be a reason to do road works).
Bizarre.
Does anyone who uses the M11 know the real reason why they put on the 40 mph restrictions?
Bizarre.
Does anyone who uses the M11 know the real reason why they put on the 40 mph restrictions?
Maybe not "Phantom" roadworks near me where the speedlimit has been reduced from 60 to 30mph since June(?) last year.
Why?
Because there is some work taking place in the field next to the road.
Not in the road.
Not on the side of the road.
In the field about 50m on the other side of the hedge....
Why?
Because there is some work taking place in the field next to the road.
Not in the road.
Not on the side of the road.
In the field about 50m on the other side of the hedge....
Puddenchucker said:
Maybe not "Phantom" roadworks near me where the speedlimit has been reduced from 60 to 30mph since June(?) last year.
Why?
Because there is some work taking place in the field next to the road.
Not in the road.
Not on the side of the road.
In the field about 50m on the other side of the hedge....
Sounds like we got off lightly with only 6 weeks! Why?
Because there is some work taking place in the field next to the road.
Not in the road.
Not on the side of the road.
In the field about 50m on the other side of the hedge....
Puddenchucker said:
Maybe not "Phantom" roadworks near me where the speedlimit has been reduced from 60 to 30mph since June(?) last year.
Why?
Because there is some work taking place in the field next to the road.
Not in the road.
Not on the side of the road.
In the field about 50m on the other side of the hedge....
I can top this. Why?
Because there is some work taking place in the field next to the road.
Not in the road.
Not on the side of the road.
In the field about 50m on the other side of the hedge....
One of the main roads leaving my local town is a N/S/L road, and for this particular section is a dual carriageway. For the past couple of weeks one lane either side of the road has been closed, and the speed limit has been dropped to 30mph.
I've only found out why recently, there is a tunnel under the road that needs a bit of attention. Said tunnel isn't another road, it's a water culvert. I drive this road every day, and I've yet to see any construction vehicles, or even any workers.
The forced speed limit (30mph) is ignored for the most part, even the local police / bus drivers etc have started to ignore it.
Networkgeek said:
Puddenchucker said:
Maybe not "Phantom" roadworks near me where the speedlimit has been reduced from 60 to 30mph since June(?) last year.
Why?
Because there is some work taking place in the field next to the road.
Not in the road.
Not on the side of the road.
In the field about 50m on the other side of the hedge....
I can top this. Why?
Because there is some work taking place in the field next to the road.
Not in the road.
Not on the side of the road.
In the field about 50m on the other side of the hedge....
One of the main roads leaving my local town is a N/S/L road, and for this particular section is a dual carriageway. For the past couple of weeks one lane either side of the road has been closed, and the speed limit has been dropped to 30mph.
I've only found out why recently, there is a tunnel under the road that needs a bit of attention. Said tunnel isn't another road, it's a water culvert. I drive this road every day, and I've yet to see any construction vehicles, or even any workers.
The forced speed limit (30mph) is ignored for the most part, even the local police / bus drivers etc have started to ignore it.
But have been pretty severe damage you'd think for such drastic measures? Yup, so severe that they sat on their arses for 18 months before even beginning work, in the end it was almost two years before the road reopened. It was a fairly busy country lane, but a wide country lane and towards the "arterial route" end of country lanes.... in the two years while they'd just closed it, all the surrounding tiny lanes became rat runs used by anything from cars to HGVs, utterly decimating the local roads and verges.
This was under Staffordshire County Council, the most inept and useless council I've ever had the misfortune of living under.
I had local roadworks yesterday on the 'old A9' into Bridge of Allan.
I had the misfortune of driving that road three times yesterday - 9:30am, 11:30am and 4pm. Each time there were traffic lights of about 100m in length, with cones out and one chap sat in one van operating the lights. Nothing else. No work. No nothing.
Me either.
I had the misfortune of driving that road three times yesterday - 9:30am, 11:30am and 4pm. Each time there were traffic lights of about 100m in length, with cones out and one chap sat in one van operating the lights. Nothing else. No work. No nothing.
Me either.
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