6
6feetdown
Well-known member
They can't fix potholes but put new signs up
M
Monkeybusiness
Well-known member
We had to set a crane up in a cul de sac off a very quiet estate in Crewe for an emergency job this week - a tree had fallen and hit a house, and a second one was destabilised and threatening to do the same.
7 nice houses in the cul de sac, all neighbours were friends etc. Our works prevented vehicular access to 4 houses (included the one affected) - the customer spoke to everyone and arranged for them to get their cars out before we set up.
We were parked (2 vans and trailers and a tractor and trailer) out of the way waiting for the crane when a Cheshire East highways inspector in a van pulls up asking us what we were doing, informing us that we should have a permit to work on the road etc. To be fair to him he saw sense and left us to it when he realised we had adequate signage etc and enough bods on site to direct any pedestrians during works.
Fast forward 4 hours and we are finishing tidying up (the crane had been and gone) when two other highways inspectors turn up to give us the third degree!!! I really had to bite my tongue to stop myself enquiring as to how the council can afford to send 3 non-productive hi-viz clad helmet wearing officious twats to a partially closed off cul de sac but can’t fix any potholes anywhere (the roads in Cheshire East are beyond ridiculous nowadays, bloody dangerous in many places).
Apparently I might be receiving a bill (for what I don’t know) in the post!
*****!!!
7 nice houses in the cul de sac, all neighbours were friends etc. Our works prevented vehicular access to 4 houses (included the one affected) - the customer spoke to everyone and arranged for them to get their cars out before we set up.
We were parked (2 vans and trailers and a tractor and trailer) out of the way waiting for the crane when a Cheshire East highways inspector in a van pulls up asking us what we were doing, informing us that we should have a permit to work on the road etc. To be fair to him he saw sense and left us to it when he realised we had adequate signage etc and enough bods on site to direct any pedestrians during works.
Fast forward 4 hours and we are finishing tidying up (the crane had been and gone) when two other highways inspectors turn up to give us the third degree!!! I really had to bite my tongue to stop myself enquiring as to how the council can afford to send 3 non-productive hi-viz clad helmet wearing officious twats to a partially closed off cul de sac but can’t fix any potholes anywhere (the roads in Cheshire East are beyond ridiculous nowadays, bloody dangerous in many places).
Apparently I might be receiving a bill (for what I don’t know) in the post!
*****!!!
6
6feetdown
Well-known member
It's going to get worse by what I'm reading about the arsehole running the show
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Russ was supposed to be doing a job somewhere Tuesday with a hired in 100 tonner -- tree job -- needed 50m of stick for a circa 40 m tree ... airport about a mile away, kyboshed it .. wouldn't allow him more than 30m of stick (**** knows how they found out about the job?)
M
Monkeybusiness
Well-known member
Yet there is a 40m tree currently there?!? (That’s a very big tree in the UK!)Russ was supposed to be doing a job somewhere Tuesday with a hired in 100 tonner -- tree job -- needed 50m of stick for a circa 40 m tree ... airport about a mile away, kyboshed it .. wouldn't allow him more than 30m of stick (**** knows how they found out about the job?)
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
crazy eh ?
think it's a Sequoia .... I used to have a 30m one in the garden of a previous house - beast of a tree
S
Smiffy
Well-known member
This is why highway work takes so long and is so expensive. The worst part is when Street works will only give you a permit for TM that won't comply. So you either get in trouble for setting up the incorrect TM type for the road or for breaching the permit. Literally can't win.
R
Rob65
Well-known member
This guarantees financial income from the fines which covers the cost of running the department.
It’s all self financing so not a drain on public resources which to the politicians and bureaucrats is a perfect situation. What’s not to like?
S
Smiffy
Well-known member
This guarantees financial income from the fines which covers the cost of running the department.
It’s all self financing so not a drain on public resources which to the politicians and bureaucrats is a perfect situation. What’s not to like?
Any fines don't come close to the extra expense of the work. And the inconvenience of how long it takes due to stupid restrictions.
Canal Navvy
Well-known member
The A 46 is still shut while they try to find the culvert, has been shut for several periods of weeks at a time.
I'm fairly certain that me and my hand auger would have pinpointed it in a leisurely day.
Map courtesy of our good old ordnance survey and I bet they've got old maps that would place it to within a couple of paces
I'm fairly certain that me and my hand auger would have pinpointed it in a leisurely day.
Map courtesy of our good old ordnance survey and I bet they've got old maps that would place it to within a couple of paces
Attachments
B
bobthebuilder
Well-known member
Bristol Airport issues response to Wales' plan to hand £200m to Cardiff Airport
The Welsh Government said the funding to the airport it acquired in 2013 would help to boost passenger numbers and help its diversification plans
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well Schwabb and all his mates claim that all but 3 major airports in the UK are going to be shut in 5 years time, so what's the point?Bristol Airport issues response to Wales' plan to hand £200m to Cardiff Airport
The Welsh Government said the funding to the airport it acquired in 2013 would help to boost passenger numbers and help its diversification planswww.walesonline.co.uk
Plus WTF are the two point something million population of Wales being burdened with this white elephant that has NEVER made a profit ...
FFS spend the money where it's needed, not on whims of fantasy.
These w
s thinking they can actually achieve what many others have failed to do is insanity ...doesn't exactly sit well in their decarbonising plans either
Lancs Lad
Well-known member
Pathetic posturing by the Welsh twats to claim some legitimacy ...hardly ideal to not have an airport if you want to be independent .bristols reply is a piss takewell Schwabb and all his mates claim that all but 3 major airports in the UK are going to be shut in 5 years time, so what's the point?
Plus WTF are the two point something million population of Wales being burdened with this white elephant that has NEVER made a profit ...
FFS spend the money where it's needed, not on whims of fantasy.
These w
doesn't exactly sit well in their decarbonising plans either
we welcome Welsh passengers200m quid who actually regulated these bufoons....
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
that's the problem .... out of control and not enough oppo. to scotch anything they proposePathetic posturing by the Welsh twats to claim some legitimacy ...hardly ideal to not have an airport if you want to be independent .bristols reply is a piss take
200m quid who actually regulated these bufoons....
Little tin Gods, playing with other ppl's money, with no talent or knowledge of what they play at
6
6feetdown
Well-known member
Bouncing today. Fence I took down few weeks ago told the neighbour I'd cut the bank back to stop the bank pushing the fence over all she had to do was get a few bags of top soil to dress it, she was fine with it.
Looked over today she's paid some **** who has put 3 sleepers on top of each other then filled it all back in against the posts. So now all the grd pressure is back.
f****ng tamping will be having a word with her.
Looked over today she's paid some **** who has put 3 sleepers on top of each other then filled it all back in against the posts. So now all the grd pressure is back.
f****ng tamping will be having a word with her.
Canal Navvy
Well-known member
The A 46 is still shut while they try to find the culvert, has been shut for several periods of weeks at a time.
I'm fairly certain that me and my hand auger would have pinpointed it in a leisurely day.
Map courtesy of our good old ordnance survey and I bet they've got old maps that would place it to within a couple of paces
And they've managed to find the culvert and the road is half open under traffic light control........ so obviously after a month of being shut and empty it is now a good time to start felling roadside trees
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
been pulled?? doesn't linkNice to see the pms supporters out in force, seems his popularity is high
x.com
x.com
Footer block 1