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Road resurfacing
by medsec
2 months ago
Last updated about 1 month ago.
What on earth is going on with all this alleged road ‘resurfacing’ that is appearing around the city? As far as I can judge from looking at Argyle Street and Walton Street, they are merely piling on a load of loose chippings, with the addition of a little dandelion latex to hold them in place. Result – bare tracks where vehicle wheels run and heaps of chippings in the gutters and all over the pavements. They obviously got the same crew that made such a disaster of doing Spring Bank!
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Colombo Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Strange, that there is never enough time or money to do the job properly the first time, but always some more to put it right.
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SkyWalker Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Its cheap. It lasts for a couple of years and they have to do it again.
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medsec Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
It used to last a couple of years but this isn’t going to last a couple of weeks. Aren’t they supposed to actually use some tar to stick the chippings down? There’s hardly any sign of any and the results are obvious – just the same as Spring Bank was.
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SkyWalker Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
They didn’t use tar?
It will probably wash away in the rain.
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theagitator Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Corruption & Incompetance.
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SkyWalker Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
& muppetry
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Lazarus Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
I believe their using all the tarmac to resurface the pavements in Anlaby Park.
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JamesAcland Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Incredibly poor effort on this re-surfacing lark. Do they know something we don’t about the immediate future of Hull? Perhaps the roads will soon be canals like venice, therefore rendering road surfaces obsolete.
Good point to bring up on this type of forum medsec (in my not so humble opinion).
Are they just being cheap?
James Acland.
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Lazarus Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Here’s the official line:
The council has experienced an unexpected and unusual problem with last summer’s road surface dressing programme that has resulted in many of the applied stone chippings coming unstuck from the surface.
The Contractor is as equally concerned about the problem as the Council and has been back to Hull on a number of occasions to sweep up the excess chippings and to erect warning signs for motorists.
The remedial works will be performed under the contractors guarantee without charge to the Council. The surface dressing contractor in question has successfully carried out similar surface dressing programmes over the previous two years.
Weather permitting, over the weekend of Friday 9th to Sunday 11th May 2008, the contractor will return to the city to re-apply surface dressing at problem sites.
The operation may take a few hours at each street and whilst the contractor is on site there will be disruption to traffic. On Sunday 11th, the contractor plans to focus on Spring Bank, Holderness Road, Hall Road and Sculcoates Lane .
Other streets where remedial works are planned are; Stoneferry Road, Ferry Lane, Wawne Road, Strickland Street, Marfleet Avenue, Endymion Street, Belmont Street, Estcourt Street, Rosmead Street, Russell Street, Raywell Street, Liddel Street and Francis Street.
It has not been possible to re-apply the surface dressing sooner because the laying of surface dressing is seasonal and can only be performed in the warmer months.
[Interesting perspective, seeing as they redressed Spring Bank West at the close of the financial year with tarmac 2-3 years ago]
Surface dressing is the process by which a road surface is sealed with bitumen to prevent ingress of water and to secure applied chippings. The chippings are designed to restore texture to the road surface.
The purpose of sealing the road surface is to prevent the ingress of water to the road fabric as this can cause severe damage to the strength/load carrying ability of the road and cause early failure.
{Here’s the key point folks] Surface dressing is a cost effective way of preserving the strength of the road and improving the surface characteristics and the Council has had many successful programmes in years gone by.
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Lazarus Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Heh-heh-heh, tarmaced over the grids, oh that’s priceless. I just wonder when were going to run out of peanuts!
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Colombo Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Don’t laugh Lazarus. It stops your front wheel getting jammed in them. :-)
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MikeCovell Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
It is a very clever measure to stop dealers depositing their stash in the drains!
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MikeCovell Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
It is a very clever measure to stop dealers depositing their stash in the drains!
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medsec Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Guess what SkyWalker – looks like most of the chippings have done just that – washed away in the rain! Things are much better today. Shame the road surface isn’t much better though. What a waste of money and effort.
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SkyWalker Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Thats what you pay your council tax for.
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medsec Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
So it would appear, unfortunately.
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Lazarus Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
I thought road tax paid for roads.
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SkyWalker Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
only a small percentage of road tax pays for roads. The government creams off the rest to pay for stuff like cakes for John Prescott.
The motorist is being ripped off as usual.
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Chromosome23 Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Rubbish. If the road tax was based on the amount of money it takes to build and maintain roads, not to mention the environmental damage, then this modern curse would have been consigned to scrapheap of history years ago.
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medsec Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Ooooh, that’s a bit harsh!
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fatpuss Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
This council has spent an awful lot of money on painting cycle – lanes. Tax the cyclists and make them buy insurance to help pay for road and path maintenance.
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Red-Dragon Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Where’s all the excess grit gone – apart from into my paintwork? Down the drains? Hmmmm????
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medsec Submitted 2 months ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
I would guess the excess grit has gone down the drains – apart from the heaps of it deposited on top of speed bumps e.g. down Walton Street. As for taxing cyclists, they don’t cause the damage to road surfaces that cars and other vehicles do.
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Lazarus Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
I noticed The Advertiser used a selection of Your Mail’s comments on this topic.
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medsec Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Indeed, as did I.
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