Take care through Barnesmore - Roadworks

Mint Sauce

Exactly as the title says. Very poor visabilty going through the road works earlier, add to that some of the cones scattered, nearly had to thread my way through it. Any idea when they're going to be finished?

irish1967

Think I read somewhere that they are due to be finIsh round 23/12/11.

Penfailed

It really depends on the weather. They can't lay on ice/snow...

muffler

We can take this thread for discussing roadworks in the Gap. I have amended the title to reflect that.

Any posts about weather conditions should be posted in the White Christmas/Roads with snow thread 2011 thread

irish1967

Ok. Maybe those in the know can explain why the new central line today looks like this

Penfailed

I'd imagine it's a temporary line as the surface isn't finished. It'll be after the holidays before there's any more work done at this stage.

homer simpson

Penfailed wrote: »

I'd imagine it's a temporary line as the surface isn't finished. It'll be after the holidays before there's any more work done at this stage.

There has been one of them yellow / orange lines in the middle of the road on a stretch of the Glenties / Ardara road for a few years now?

henke

homer_simpson wrote: »

There has been one of them yellow / orange lines in the middle of the road on a stretch of the Glenties / Ardara road for a few years now?

About a year or so and was just taken away just there a few weeks ago for new roadworks.

My guess is that it is intended to be a temporary line.

Mint Sauce

irish1967 wrote: »

Ok. Maybe those in the know can explain why the new central line today looks like this

LOL. Aren't you suppose to keep to the right of a solid yellow line.



Why didn't they do it in white?

irish1967

Looked kinda strange going through the gap last night. Even the cats eyes in the Center are orange. Looked like driving down a runway.

Mint Sauce

irish1967 wrote: »

Looked kinda strange going through the gap last night. Even the cats eyes in the Center are orange. Looked like driving down a runway.

Can see that causing an accident. Really got to hand it to Donegal CoCo sometimes.

irish1967

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/archive/index.php/t-444455.html

Penfailed

irish-stew wrote: »

Why didn't they do it in white?

To indicate that it's temporary?

mistermouse

Again the council tender to get usually NI companies in to do work at the worst time of the year, not just in traffic terms but when the weather doesn't suit the laying of road surfaces or visibility.

The cheapest quote is not necessarily the best and I always wondered why Donegals roads are done late in the year (off season) while the companies do NI roads in the North when they should be, in good weather. Then we usually find poor surfaces a month or two later.

This cheap skate service is not what we should be getting considering what we pay in Motor Tax, and particularly for a country that has fallen over itself to implement Health and Safety in every other aspect of business.

Its being done on the cheap and to spend allocations at the expense of everything else in my opinion. Doing this in winter may be cheaper but its certainly not better or safer and we pay huge road tax for the privilage

Penfailed

mistermouse wrote: »

the companies do NI roads in the North when they should be, in good weather.

They surface all year round in NI too.

mistermouse wrote: »

This cheap skate service is not what we should be getting considering what we pay in Motor Tax, and particularly for a country that has fallen over itself to implement Health and Safety in every other aspect of business.

Companies are fighting over each other for the work. The Council are getting great value for money as the companies are taking the jobs at little over cost simply to get the work. Health and Safety plays a big part in all civil engineering these days...it doesn't matter if the work is in summer or winter.

mistermouse wrote: »

Its being done on the cheap and to spend allocations at the expense of everything else in my opinion. Doing this in winter may be cheaper but its certainly not better or safer and we pay huge road tax for the privilage

I'll say it again - it's not being done any cheaper in the winter than in summer. It goes through a competitive tendering process. It's not always the cheapest price that gets the job either by-the-way.

ednwireland

went through the gap on saturday, anyone notice that on the finished section the surface is breaking up already ???

Penfailed

No doubt the council will have the contractor back to fix it.

ednwireland

Penfailed wrote: »

No doubt the council will have the contractor back to fix it.

whoopee more roadworks :mad:

Penfailed

ednwireland wrote: »

whoopee more roadworks :mad:

They were laying at a bad time of year...surface failures were almost inevitable.

Firblog

If failures 'almost inevitable' then the contractor would have priced in for it, which would make the work dearer, which is bad value for money for the council/us.... why get the work done at that time of year?

Penfailed

Firblog wrote: »

If failures 'almost inevitable' then the contractor would have priced in for it, which would make the work dearer, which is bad value for money for the council/us.... why get the work done at that time of year?

They probably didn't price in for it. If they had then they wouldn't have got the job - it's a very competitive industry with four or five contractors all trying to outbid each other to get the work. That's what competitive tendering is all about. Why this time of year? I don't know for sure - end of financial year...trying to get the budget spent? Possibly?