Snow 2018

beertons

knucklehead6 wrote: »

Anyone know if Naas Oil are delivering? I ordered oil off them on Monday, for delivery Tuesday and it was rescheduled to Thursday. I ran out yesterday and have a 6 month old in the house.

I rang Naas oil first thing this morning, and they said it would be next Monday by the time they get to me with the backlog. Hope you got sorted dude.

mloc123

L1011 wrote: »

R-Roads would be the councils priority for that, so Maynooth-Barberstown-Clane-Sallins.

However they have done an utterly deplorable job clearing R roads in the North of the county so far. Celbridge to Maynooth road, the two biggest towns in the North, is one lane cleared only.

Based on the updates from Kildare county council it seemed they spent the first 2-3 days worrying about south Kildare... eventually getting to the densely populated part of the county a day before everyone is expected to get back to work.

Roads around Celbridge this morning are still a mess. Parts of the main network to/from the M4 still not cleared to 2 lanes wide.

Redsoxfan

Car parks, play area, yards etc in both Maynooth Boys School and MPPS still covered. Footpaths on Moyglare Road as well. Will need to be a big thaw or a lot of work done today if these are to open tomorrow.

granturismo

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Cllr McEvoy advising M4-Kilcock-Clane-Sallins for Maynooth to Naas.

Drove that this morning at 11am. Clane to Kilcock is fine. Kilcock to Maynooth has several spots where there is only one lane cleared but traffic was light.

Traffic going from Clane to Sallins was backed up to Blackhall Stud, they are clearing the drifts on that side of the road. Sallins to Clane was slow but kept flowing.

Mister Vain

Mondello road is open but only one lane free for the most part. Thankfully there was very little traffic this morning. Toughers is still a mess.

Orion

Mrs O needs to get from Maynooth to Jigginstown in Naas tomorrow morning. Anyone know if any work was done on the Barberstown to N7 road today or does she need to go via Clane/Sallins?

Diggers were out clearing the Straffan road today from the Glenroyal - paths and road being cleared. Heading down town later on so I'll have a look at the rest of the town.

Coopaloop

Orion wrote: »

Mrs O needs to get from Maynooth to Jigginstown in Naas tomorrow morning. Anyone know if any work was done on the Barberstown to N7 road today or does she need to go via Clane/Sallins?

Diggers were out clearing the Straffan road today from the Glenroyal - paths and road being cleared. Heading down town later on so I'll have a look at the rest of the town.

I think they were closing that road from 3-5 this evening to work on it. That's according to celbridge information page on Facebook.

Redsoxfan

Coopaloop wrote:

I think they were closing that road from 3-5 this evening to work on it. That's according to celbridge information page on Facebook.

They are closing Maynooth to Barberstown/Straffan (again?).

Still no word on Barberstown/Straffan to Kill or to Clane for that matter.

Coopaloop

Redsoxfan wrote: »

They are closing Maynooth to Barberstown/Straffan (again?).

Still no word on Barberstown/Straffan to Kill or to Clane for that matter.

This is the post I seen.

Redsoxfan

Aye, that's the Maynooth to Barberstown/Straffan Road

L1011

Straffan Road is properly cleared now except the cycle lanes which are full of melting snow. Celbridge Road is not, paths still useless. Don't hold out much hope for estate roads from that...

Redsoxfan

Latest from KCC

Kill to Straffan now open 2 lanes
Maynooth to Straffan now open 2 lanes
Barberstown to Straffan will be cleared overnight

megapixel

Kilcock to Maynooth (Moyglare rd) slightly flooding this morning. Much higher this evening coming home.
https://goo.gl/maps/JFfZ8i8CHHs

Redsoxfan

Moyglare Road footpaths and the car parks/yards of both schools were still under quite a bit of snow at 6.30 this evening.

All schools are open tomorrow I believe (except maybe ET due to a water issue?), but I heard that the secondary school isn't opening until 11.30 which makes sense if it allows for time to clear foothpaths etc tomorrow morning.....but that's just my assumption.

Orion

Yeah 11:30 until 4. I think it's more to allow an inspection of the school in the morning and to give staff some extra time to get in - they live all over.

I did particularly love the 4 feet of snow dumped from the road on to the footpath at the pedestrian crossing in front of the boys school - lovely touch for kids trying to get to school. Especially ones my daughter who is in a wheelchair - she's not going in tomorrow as she can't even get out of the estate without going up the middle of the road - paths still unusable.

Redsoxfan

A lot of work to clear both schools on Moyglare Road last night/this morning. Footpaths still very patchy.

Drove to Naas via Straffan and Kill. Generally fine although carriageway is narrow in parts.

Busy around Naas.

lordgoat

Apparently Newbridge is a disaster today. Traffic not moving in the town at all.

AttentionBebe

Took me an hour and a half to get from Maynooth to Dublin 8 this morning. Good times

knucklehead6

beertons wrote: »

I rang Naas oil first thing this morning, and they said it would be next Monday by the time they get to me with the backlog. Hope you got sorted dude.

i got sorted yesterday, over a week after first ordering.

I can't help but think that if i had ordered more than 250 lt i'd have had my delivery last week.

My father lives in Leixlip too, he ordered off North City oil last Monday and was delivered to on Tuesday.

I think after 10 years custom it's time for me to say good bye to naas Oil

beertons

I'm only round the back of them, and still have to wait a week. I bought a drum and got 4 fills of it to tie me over, just incase the woman goes made heating the house. They are a big company though, and have so many lines, they're bound to have a huge customer base waiting.

kk2014

Does anyone know what the Straffan to Sallins road is like (the one the brings you in by Willouise)?
I usually go that way on my route home from Maynooth to Athgarvan - under pressure time wise to get to a creche and I need to try avoid the crazy delays that I saw this morning from Clane to Sallins.

Thanks in advance.

CeilingFly

lordgoat wrote: »

Apparently Newbridge is a disaster today. Traffic not moving in the town at all.

Caused by two breakdowns in the M7 roadworks at peak traffic, which caused massive tailbacks to before Newbridge and in turn caused many motorists to go via Newbridge.

Zebra3

beertons wrote: »

You don't need lessons in using a shovel.

They got by in 82 with no problems.

This may come as a surprise to you but it isn't 1982 any more.

You ask somebody to do a task without training and you leave yourself open to a claim.

Most companies nowadays will give new employees training in how to lift a box. Why? To avoid being liable for injuries.

But yeh, you fire away and give people shovels out in the snow if you wish.

Mister Vain

Zebra3 wrote: »

This may come as a surprise to you but it isn't 1982 any more.

You ask somebody to do a task without training and you leave yourself open to a claim.

Most companies nowadays will give new employees training in how to lift a box. Why? To avoid being liable for injuries.

But yeh, you fire away and give people shovels out in the snow if you wish.

True, there's training for pretty much everything these days. The amount of training I've had to do in work, even for the simplest of tasks.

Cakes and Ale

knucklehead6 wrote: »

i got sorted yesterday, over a week after first ordering.

I can't help but think that if i had ordered more than 250 lt i'd have had my delivery last week.

My father lives in Leixlip too, he ordered off North City oil last Monday and was delivered to on Tuesday.

I think after 10 years custom it's time for me to say good bye to naas Oil

Took a week to deliver too (luckily didn't run out but it was close). Awfully poor service last week with no messages and no way to find out anything. So I'm also off and looking for another company.

L1011

Gas installers will be rubbing their hands in glee.

beertons

Zebra3 wrote: »

This may come as a surprise to you but it isn't 1982 any more.

You ask somebody to do a task without training and you leave yourself open to a claim.

Most companies nowadays will give new employees training in how to lift a box. Why? To avoid being liable for injuries.

But yeh, you fire away and give people shovels out in the snow if you wish.

That's the problem these days. Some People won't wipe their arse if they're not shown how to do it, or are looked after financially.

AttentionBebe

Anyone know what the roads are like around Newbridge?

Ken.

The roads aren't too bad in town and up to the Curragh is not to bad either, just take it handy.