http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "1000 botched road repairs blamed on just 5 firms" en Tue, 19 May 2026 03:27:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15675#post-203363 Sat, 31 Oct 2015 17:01:32 +0000 chdot 203363@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>All eyes on this one -</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11898&amp;page=15#post-203349" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11898&amp;page=15#post-203349</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15675#post-203227 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:28:44 +0000 gibbo 203227@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Cllr Hinds slammed the five companies’ performance as “completely unacceptable”. She said: “We now aim to carry out 100 per cent inspections to check improvement plans are adhered to, and to ensure minimum damage to roads. We have also asked utility companies to sign up to our ERWAA but, to this date, not one of these five companies has responded, which is extremely frustrating.”</em></p> <p>"Now"? "Aim"? "Frustrating"?</p> <p>Frankly, it sounds like someone who has been asleep at the wheel for years, and has finally woken up, only to realise she's utterly powerless. </p> <p>Or gutless...</p> <p>... depends whether her lack of action is due to a lack of powers, or whether she's not willing to upset these companies.</p> <p>The article does mention a "final warning", which suggests they have the power to ban these companies from doing roadworks.</p> <p>But to assume that must be true is putting a lot of trust in EEN journalism. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15675#post-203204 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:45:11 +0000 Greenroofer 203204@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone been down Myreside Road since they finished the works that necessitated the four-way signals at Colinton Road and caused huge traffic jams in all directions? It's now even worse than it was before (hard to believe), and to my untrained eye the new surface has been laid without the sealing line of tar dribbled along the interface between old and new.</p> <p>The thing about Myreside Road is that <strong>all</strong> the lumps, bumps and defects in it (and it's truly appalling) are due to poor quality reinstatement from digging up the road. The original surface (which has pleasant light-colour chippings in it) is actually very good and is holding up well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15675#post-202733 Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:08:28 +0000 chdot 202733@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>City chiefs have now written to the companies dubbed the “infamous five” – Scottish Water, SGN, Scottish Power, BT Openreach and Virgin Media – blasting their “extremely disappointing” work and requesting a meeting to find a solution.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/1000-botched-road-repairs-blamed-on-just-5-firms-1-3927774" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/1000-botched-road-repairs-blamed-on-just-5-firms-1-3927774</a></p> <p>Presume those 5 do all the digging that's not CEC related?</p> <p>It would be nice to think that CEC (and its contractors) is setting a good example. </p>