http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Recently re-laid roads en Tue, 19 May 2026 09:25:03 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124&page=2#post-336388 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:43:06 +0000 neddie 336388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Lauriston St is now delightfully smooth</blockquote></p> <p>Yeah, I expect cars will tear along here much faster now, since it's basically a rat-run in combination with Lauriston Gdns / Lonsdale Tce / Leven Tce / Glengyle Tce to avoid tollcross </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124&page=2#post-336385 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:22:54 +0000 CycleAlex 336385@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lauriston St is now delightfully smooth. It really was in quite the state <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9449221,-3.2004225,3a,75y,289.09h,56.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOHyTaG4u5Uvxlj7eBftpvA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192">before</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124&page=2#post-336247 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 10:39:18 +0000 neddie 336247@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I do wish they'd stop using that surface-dressing. It solves nothing (except possibly making the road more grippier* for cars) and makes it impossible to see where the now-hidden potholes are.</p> <p>And we all know what cars do on roads that are grippier - yes, they drive faster...</p> <p>It also makes the surface rougher at the micro level, increasing rolling resistance for bikes! Arrrgh. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124&page=2#post-336228 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 09:18:39 +0000 wingpig 336228@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>More of Seafield Road East has been resurfaced, dealing with a few of the worst ruts but the distinct dips for all the drains outside the car vendors remain. Expect lots of fresh stray particles of stone at the edge of the shared used path. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124&page=2#post-334548 Thu, 23 Jul 2020 14:29:03 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 334548@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I rode the White Castle road uphill at the start of lockdown, can't believe they still haven't fixed it. The bit in the picture isn't even the worst bit, as I'm pretty sure I managed to ride that on road tyres, but perhaps just beyond that there's a stretch where the surface has been removed utterly and there's nothing but large stone aggregate. That had to be walked for me.</p> <p>Met one of the monks when I was on it too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124&page=2#post-334539 Thu, 23 Jul 2020 13:46:01 +0000 Cyclingmollie 334539@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm, I walked it! </p> <p>The closure notice dates have expired and the road is open. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124&page=2#post-334505 Thu, 23 Jul 2020 09:11:05 +0000 fimm 334505@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Cyclingmollie / acsimpson that's impressive... or something. I've come down that road a couple of times, I would not like to do it with the surface in that state!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124&page=2#post-334492 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 22:46:44 +0000 acsimpson 334492@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Cyclingmollie, I think that's the road I mentioned in the closed roads thread (<a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20291">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20291</a>), although it looks worse that it felt coming down it.</p> <p>It's signed as closed for a few weeks from February but online shows that the works were stopped indefinitely for Covid. I assume they got as far as scrapping the top off the road before stopping and so it's now unsuitable for a top dressing and needs to wait for the full resurfacing process to restart. At least you can get through though rather than having to divert up Redstone Rigg. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124&page=2#post-334490 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 22:18:59 +0000 gembo 334490@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes lot of whin stone on the road east of aberlady. Was a tad treacherous in the first days but trammled in ok now </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124&page=2#post-334488 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 21:34:50 +0000 Cyclingmollie 334488@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Meanwhile East Lothian roads are enjoying a spate of top-dressing. Not this one though - this is the road up to the White Castle hill fort (the Nunraw climb). That's not top dressing, that's the remains of the road surface.</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2joS5wr"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50141848101_ec107b12a0.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124&page=2#post-334454 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 15:52:18 +0000 gembo 334454@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tarmac on Cowgate nice, James Connolly picture back.</p> <p>Double yellows outside banner mans have always been ignored by beer lorry.</p> <p>Canon gate getting redurfaced and shut</p> <p>And finally Cyril</p> <p>@neddie’s stretch of the WoL path at Juni Green closed for tree felling, need to detour via the steep pAth </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124&page=2#post-319979 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 15:31:42 +0000 gembo 319979@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was up not trespassing on Buchanan-Smith land there and came down beech avenue but third day in row I have had to brake. Today the only 2 other people in the pentlands were walking down oblivious to my impending rush </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-319978 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 12:34:10 +0000 chdot 319978@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Cycling, do not get me started.”</p> <p>Never too late to start cycling. </p> <p>I’m sure someone on this “lovely forum” can lend u 1...</p> <p>You can even ride to your front door, no need to leave on street. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-319977 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 11:51:55 +0000 gembo 319977@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think the parking residents had set their alarm clocks for the end of the re-build so were all waiting to park near their houses having been forced to park around the corner.</p> <p>The confirmation bias on this august and lovely forum is strong.</p> <p>People have to park on the street outside their house.<br /> Shopkeepers have to park right outside their shops.<br /> People going to the shop have to park right outside the shop.</p> <p>These are three rights</p> <p>Questioning them is just nuts.</p> <p>Walking somewhere<br /> Parking around the corner<br /> Catching a bus/train/tram that does not go exactly where you want to go</p> <p>These actions are pure madness.</p> <p>Cycling, do not get me started. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-319976 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 11:30:44 +0000 chdot 319976@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ThisIsEdinburgh. </p> <p>How high does sea have to rise to flood this... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-319975 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 11:09:32 +0000 Try Cycle 319975@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Totally, but the end of the construction was rushed to hit the deadline to re-open the road so maybe they didn't have the time to do it. </p> <p>Although the cycle lane part of the road was never intended to be in use (just future-proofing, and maybe an excuse to dip into the active travel budget), maybe the thinking was you don't need yellow lines on a cycle lane ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-319974 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:50:36 +0000 CycleAlex 319974@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>probably be objections to yellow lines</blockquote></p> <p>I'd have thought it would be easier to go from Construction -&gt; No Parking instead of adding them later (e.g. Construction -&gt; Parking -&gt; No Parking) since people would already have adjusted to not being able to park there </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-319973 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:20:53 +0000 Try Cycle 319973@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It does seem strange alright, maybe it's a deliberate traffic calming measure (probably be objections to yellow lines).</p> <p>Incidentally the council were really diligent at giving parking tickets when there was temporary parking restrictions in place during the road works </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-319971 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 09:29:58 +0000 CycleAlex 319971@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was surprised they didn't add double yellows to at least one side. The new cycle friendly sets aren't much use if there's cars on them. Can't be too much fun for the buses either... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-319970 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 08:54:35 +0000 Try Cycle 319970@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Brighton Place has reopened in Portobello after a year of having the setts relaid. Plenty of new puddles forming suggests draining and overall quality might not be what it could be. Lorries and buses passing down the road are unlikely to do it many favours.</p> <p>Within an hour of it reopening there was a row of cars down both sides. Was a bit sad to see it first, but it does slow traffic down and enforces the 20mph limit unwittingly. At night when the commuters have gone home and the road is generally clear, 20mph is rarely observed </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-319966 Thu, 26 Dec 2019 17:39:25 +0000 gembo 319966@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That was a blast though mobbed on way back down at harlaw. Found a pair of Trekmates brand walking gloves they are under a stone on the dyke at the gate to the high moor if you lost them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-319962 Thu, 26 Dec 2019 10:50:30 +0000 gembo 319962@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The truly shocking road out of Balerno up to the Free Company Pork Restaurant (veggie meals also available but set menu for all and trestle tables- doing very well) at Cockdurno Farm has been fixed with the spray on surface. Pretty good just now until the right turn that takes you to Buteland / track to Listonshiels. This road is good Tarmac. At the listonshiels junction you can veer left if you have a mountain bike and go over to carlops on track (though still be carrying it a fair bit on the way down).</p> <p>Or do what I did - retrace back tot he cockdurno road and go straight on up. The respirated road here is already a river. The burn has always used the road as its riverbed. Still better than it was. Go right up to the gas tanks, turn left and wheech along the rig road. Turn right at the end, cycle round to thriepmuir car park, continue towards beech avenue and bavelaw castle. Spot 12 Pochards on the water meadow. Go up beech avenue at the top turn right then take the gravel road signposted Nine Mile Burn and cycle all the way to plateau before west kip. This track is so good a shopmobility vehicle could get up it. Walkers a little peeved but my tricross was very happy. Two i was chatting to are now going to destroy the next baited raptor trap they find. THey were heading over the kips.</p> <p>I went back down then round to Harlaw and down the main road (also recently fixed), so whole of Balerno now has new surfaces, even the road up to the Kips. I might drag my mild hangover/cold out there now.</p> <p>Happy boxing day </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-261206 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 21:19:35 +0000 Colin 261206@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have written to eastenvironment and asked that the hazardous loose gravel is swept up at the edge of Holyrood Park Road. I've also highlighted the major trip hazard in Magdalene Glen as a result of the missing bricks on the cycle path by the unfenced play park.</p> <p>Let's hope both are rectified soon.</p> <p>Cheers<br /> Colin </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-261150 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:42:12 +0000 gibbo 261150@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>These are really beginning to bug me. Was cycling north along the length of East Fettes Avenue and it was like being on a roller coaster. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-260284 Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:47:30 +0000 fiefster 260284@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Most potholes had been filled with tarmac turning them into molehills, bit like a negative of potholes </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-260282 Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:43:15 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 260282@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Braepark Road has had a surface dressing, a distinct improvement on the previous minefield"</p> <p>Did they do anything about the potholes first? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-260280 Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:26:08 +0000 fiefster 260280@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Braepark Road has had a surface dressing, a distinct improvement on the previous minefield </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-260264 Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:29:41 +0000 kaputnik 260264@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You will find for 6 months to a year after the new top dressing has been applied that the first metre or so out from the gutter (or the parked car line) i.e. the bit that people think cyclist should be restricted to is now home to a coating of the loose gravel chips pinged out by passing vehicles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-260214 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:16:22 +0000 wishicouldgofaster 260214@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Glenogle Road is beginning to fall apart already. There are a few small holes appearing which will soon become large ones.</p> <p>Total waste of money </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18124#post-260182 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:24:43 +0000 ejstubbs 260182@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought that this stuff had effectively been made illegal. It's certainly been a fair while since I last saw it used. Probably coming back into use because it's cheap, not because it's effective. It's particularly useless when the existing road surface is breaking up rather than just being worn.</p> <p>(The "skid risk" is because the surface is loose until the stones bed in to the bitumen.) </p>