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Baswich Lane Capacity Improvements
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Withnail
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There's the rub - unless 'Capacity Improvements' for that whole stretch from the canal bridge to the Priory are anything less than very substantial (EDR lite?), what possible difference could it make?
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
It could make it worse....
henryscat
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Capacity improvements generally do attract and generate traffic over time...
Moby Dick
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Lol. I'm with you. Wheel now falls in the hole as you go over. Will be able to see the canal through it soon.....
1JKz
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I can't see what I'm looking at here, as in, can't see what's being done, I see a map and colourful lines, that's it.
Where Baswich Lane meets Blackheath Lane's the issue, that can't be improved, not all of it anyway, it can only be improved (as it is now being "improved") for cyclists and pedestrians, ruuuuubish!
I suggest we leave it as is, build houses in and around the area, think about doing something about it at a later date, yes, all in agreement say R, ok, motion held, see you all in 5 years time.
Where Baswich Lane meets Blackheath Lane's the issue, that can't be improved, not all of it anyway, it can only be improved (as it is now being "improved") for cyclists and pedestrians, ruuuuubish!
I suggest we leave it as is, build houses in and around the area, think about doing something about it at a later date, yes, all in agreement say R, ok, motion held, see you all in 5 years time.
Jonah
Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
I wonder if the new cyclist-friendly crossing to the canal bridge will EVER be finished?
I'm sure it said it was a 10 week project. It started before Christmas, if I recall correctly at the end of November. If I'm right, it is now into week 28.
I'm sure it said it was a 10 week project. It started before Christmas, if I recall correctly at the end of November. If I'm right, it is now into week 28.
Steve_b
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Moby Dick
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They keep getting punctures........
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Any reason that green dotted line can't go straight down to the river?
Jonah
Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
Even when the bridge is completed it won't link Baswich with Tixall Road as a proper dedicated cycle path. Unless they are building one in the next 10 days.
Dabbler
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This was never scheduled to be finished before December 2014, the next phase is for a bridge across the flood plain to link with Tixall Road, part of some funding secured by the County Council, link here: http://staffordshire.gov.uk/transport/Stafford/Cycling/New-cycle-and-leisure-route.aspx
I think that the main pothole on the bridge has now been filled again. I reported it the first time it appeared and it was filled within a couple of days of my report, which was probably co-incidence.
I'd love to know what 'Potential Local Traffic Management' means on that map!
I think that the main pothole on the bridge has now been filled again. I reported it the first time it appeared and it was filled within a couple of days of my report, which was probably co-incidence.
I'd love to know what 'Potential Local Traffic Management' means on that map!
It looks finished now. It's the next stage over the fields which I'm interested in. I wonder how long that is going to take? I imagine much of the work is just getting the concrete bases installed on the various points across the field. Then a crane dropping sections into place?
I think it will be safer to ride down the road over the canal bridge and then turn onto the new bridge than use the new section on the side. How long will it be until the first car crash happens when people go over the bridge and then have to slam their brakes on when someone wants to cross the road?
Jonah
Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
I wasn't talking about ALL the cycle route, just the part where there put the new cycle/foot bridge in place.