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staff4ord

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So the yearly debate on these silly little stone chippings. Made me laugh last week the signs were out on the doxey road warning of the work being carried out. Within 24hrs some one wrote. WASTE OF MONEY in big letters across the signs. got a good point

The biggest scandle I think I have every seen by staffs council can only made you mad. Hundreds of thousands of pounds were spent on the new road layout at the entrance to our wonderful hospital. Including a lovely smooth resurfacing with brand new lines.

This week they have resurfaced that section of road. Not all of it just about a hundred meters or so. Then there is a patch the left. Must have been because they realised its brand new. Then the beaconside side of the junction they did it again.

That is beyond belief and such a waste of our money.

WHY
 
highguyuk

highguyuk

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Why?

Because professional engineers who know what they are talking about and do this for a job week in, week out and have come to the conclusion that Surface Dressing is the most cost efficient way of providing extra life to the carriageway - thus saving money to the tax payer.
 
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shoes

shoes

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Chill Winston!

Highguyuk has a point - it is far more cost effective to redress the road surface than to rip it up and re-lay it from hardcore up.

The entrance to the hospital was in desperate need of addressing and they appear to have done a good job of that .

Not to mention the gravelly surface is hilarious if you happen to have a high power rear drive car and you don't really care about the paintwork.... which I do ;)
 
Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt

Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt

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Sigh - so tiresome. Why do people think that I road literally has to be literally crumbling beneath your wheels before it is OK and cost effective to do something about it?
This is about the County Council taking PREVENTATIVE ACTION to treat the top surface of the carriageway before the structure fundamentally breaks down and then the whole thing needs totally re-laying which costs far, far more and causes major disruption. Why is this so difficult to understand?
 
grumpystaffordguy

grumpystaffordguy

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I was suitably chuffed with the stone chips inflicted on my car today. The council could maybe get the work done for free if they got a bit of sponsorship from autoglass or chipsaway?....
 
ATJ

ATJ

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My car only ever gets damaged after surface dressing because people who think the gravelly surface is hilarious if you happen to have a high power rear drive car and you don't really care about the paintwork over take me at speed.
 
shoes

shoes

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ATJ said:
My car only ever gets damaged after surface dressing because people who think the gravelly surface is hilarious if you happen to have a high power rear drive car and you don't really care about the paintwork over take me at speed.
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Ah you won't catch me doing that, only when no one else is around for me - I know what you mean though, in the other car which I care about very much I get most frustrated when someone is that inconsiderate. Not sure I've ever overtaken anyone on a freshly dressed road come to think about it.
 
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staff4ord

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How can a brand new road surface need re dressing. Those well paid engineers did a great job of calling that one.
 
shoes

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There is a section of the A519 between Eccleshall and Slindon which has signs up informing motorists that surface dressing shall commence within seven days. This sign was put up over seven days ago and no sign of any works. It's not a problem for me to find an alternative route to work but it would be nice to know when it's due to start so I can make use of this alternative route.
 
Gramaisc

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shoes said:
There is a section of the A519 between Eccleshall and Slindon which has signs up informing motorists that surface dressing shall commence within seven days. This sign was put up over seven days ago and no sign of any works. It's not a problem for me to find an alternative route to work but it would be nice to know when it's due to start so I can make use of this alternative route.
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I wouldn't get too excited - it was almost four weeks for the seven day warning on the Weston Road to expire..

Perhaps they could use the Olympic torch to melt the tar?
 
proactive

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Gramaisc said:
I wouldn't get too excited - it was almost four weeks for the seven day warning on the Weston Road to expire..

Perhaps they could use the Olympic torch to melt the tar?
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It's weather dependant I believe. Unlike when a road is layed from scratch, re dressing can't be done when it's raining.
 
Kickstart

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Hi

Well, in Doxey they need to do some preventative maintenance on the preventative maintenance they have just done. The gravel has already started to come off on the bridge, leaving a smooth surface which will have no grip in the rain.

It is a treatment that is lethal for bike riders.

At least this time they haven't left an inch deep covering of loose gravel over the road for a week or so.

All the best

Keith
 
Trumpet

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Gramaisc said:
I wouldn't get too excited - it was almost four weeks for the seven day warning on the Weston Road to expire..

Perhaps they could use the Olympic torch to melt the tar?
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Went out that way yesterday and they've started, blinkin' 'orrible. Are they using a new type of oversized 'super chiipings' or what?
 
United57

United57

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I had the window open driving past some road repairs, a chipping flew in and down the back of my shirt. It had warm to hot tar on it. Certainly woke me up.
 
Jonah

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My problem with surface dressing is that it coats over existing lumps, bumps, white lines etc and makes them all larger which is bad for any vehicles suspension.

Also why the hell have they not dressed the 'cycle paths' on Tixall Road? Actually why the hell have they got 'cycle paths' on Tixall Road when most of them are used as car parks?
 
shoes

shoes

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No idea, but the red tarmac they use is incredibly grippy, when it was first laid I nearly went over my handlebars on it!
 
flossietoo

flossietoo

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A small plea on behalf of cyclists...on Monday I was wobbling hesitantly along a stretch of the road between Seighford and Eccleshall, which has just been resurfaced. Cars and lorries were hurtling past me at speed, sending loose chips spinning like bullets in my direction. If you do come across a cyclist on one of the resurfaced roads, please pass extra wide and slow. Think of us as a horse. Not only will it help you circumvent our ample arses, but you will also make it a little more likely that we will arrive home in one piece.
 
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