http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Comiston Road warning en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:42:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-42845 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:57:21 +0000 chdot 42845@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Clarenced and pending"</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3985" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3985</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-42844 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:44:47 +0000 Arellcat 42844@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've Clarenced it just now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-42843 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:22:55 +0000 chdot 42843@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"They reduced the barriers to three at one point"</p> <p>I suspect that wasn't 'official' - though no idea what the point was. </p> <p>Longstone Crater - who did you report it too? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-42842 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:18:32 +0000 Arellcat 42842@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've been watching the Comiston pothole most days. They reduced the barriers to three at one point, then back to four and covered it with the plywood. It does look as though they've excavated down a layer or two.</p> <p>And of my Longstone pothole, guess what? It's a crater again! (and full of rain today) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-42841 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:16:43 +0000 kaputnik 42841@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>looks like it's been looked into</em></p> <p>You mean "looked into" as in some men came round, dug a hole, looked into it, scratcher their heads and then filled it in againd </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-42839 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:42:53 +0000 chdot 42839@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Still not fixed, but looks like it's been looked into -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/6226382089/"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6037/6226382089_107aa116c6.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-41548 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:36:37 +0000 Arellcat 41548@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>...car tyre-swallowing bombhole on the Longstone end of Inglis Green Road</em></p> <p>This has now been filled in. It's not surfaced or sealed, so I give it about a fortnight before the buses have excavated it again. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-41502 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:07:27 +0000 chdot 41502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>TODAY</p> <p>"<br /> @south_team South Team </p> <p>@CyclingEdin Hi there Our roads team will visit today and have advised further excavations will be likely to understand full extend of issue</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/south_team/status/116789595894591488">Twitter</a></p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/6172131037/in/photostream/"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6168/6172131037_68f711ef5d.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-41449 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:09:51 +0000 chdot 41449@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When do they wear them then??... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-41447 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:49:19 +0000 Kirst 41447@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I used to work on the same floor of the same building as CLARENCE. I was very disappointed to learn that the CLARENCE staff don't have to wear a lion costume while they take calls. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-41425 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:28:09 +0000 chdot 41425@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@spytefear you need .jpg not just link</p> <p>Or link not in img tags. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-41424 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:25:55 +0000 Arellcat 41424@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ch, I very nearly hit that depression on my small-wheeled bike on Saturday.</p> <p>There's also an enormous car tyre-swallowing bombhole on the Longstone end of Inglis Green Road. I'll photo' it on my way home and report it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-41423 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:22:08 +0000 spytefear 41423@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmmm won't show pics from my flickr links... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-41422 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:17:32 +0000 chdot 41422@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Today<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/6168939043/in/photostream"><br /> <img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6155/6168939043_45e9c05768.jpg"><br /> </a></p> <p>"<br /> Still a big pothole, getting bigger near bottom of Comiston Road. Will @Edinburgh_CC fix it before it causes a cyclist to have an accident?</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ianmb/status/116267510306836481">twitter.com/#!/ianmb/status/116267510306836481</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-39635 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:02:34 +0000 kaputnik 39635@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>With big orange and yellow cartoon lions on all the main roads into town and radio jingles on Forth to boot (<em>"call clarence, oh-eight-hundred, twenty-three, twenty-three, twenty-three"</em>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/4416805382/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4416805382_a16426b736.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/4416805382/">CALL CLARENCE</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/lwr/">Leo Reynolds</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-39634 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:58:56 +0000 chdot 39634@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Customer Lighting And Roads ENquiry CEntre" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-39632 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:43:40 +0000 kaputnik 39632@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wow. I always thought Clarence was a make-believe lion, to amuse the kids. Didn't realise he actually existed, never mind answered emails and everything.</p> <p>O.T. but at back of my mind Clarence was at one time an acronym. Council Lighting and Roads something something something? Glasgow had "Ralf" the terrier ("Road and Lighting Faults") </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-39620 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:35:12 +0000 chdot 39620@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Thank you for contacting the City of Edinburgh Council.  </p> <p>I have passed your report to the appropriate team for action.</p> <p>If you have any other queries regarding this matter, please contact us using any of the details below.  Please quote your reference number.</p> <p>You can find more information on our services on our wesite at <a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk</a></p> <p>Yours sincerely</p> <p>Customer Service Advisor</p> <p>Clarence, Level 1 Chesser House, 500 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh. EH11 3YJ.<br /> Tel: 0800 23 23 23.  Fax:  0131 529 3061.  Email:  <a href="mailto:clarence@edinburgh.gov.uk">clarence@edinburgh.gov.uk</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-39555 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:50:09 +0000 chdot 39555@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Thank you for contacting the City of Edinburgh Council. We are dealing with your email and aim to respond to you within 5 working days.</p> <p>Regards</p> <p>Customer Services<br />  <br /> (Please do not reply to this automated response)</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-39553 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:49:08 +0000 chdot 39553@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes Local Team + Clarence </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-39546 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:33:10 +0000 DaveC 39546@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Have you reported it to the council? They should get back to the contractors who layed it to finish the job. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-39529 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:32:49 +0000 SRD 39529@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's some very uneven paving on Polwarth terrace, heading into the intersection with Gillsland, in front of the hotel being turned into housing. </p> <p>We very nearly came off as we were heading off to Cramond Saturday. Closest I have come to falling off in motion in traffic since cycling with kids. (came off very badly 20-odd years ago in similar circs. still have the gravel scars, I think...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-39528 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:18:24 +0000 custard 39528@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>nasty.<br /> I had a near off on the tarmac here the other day</p> <p><a href="http://g.co/maps/edxy" rel="nofollow">http://g.co/maps/edxy</a></p> <p>where the road narrows(heading into town)<br /> the buses have caused the tarmac to ripple up and i didnt see it as the rain had made it look smooth(well CEC smooth) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3766#post-39527 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:58:50 +0000 chdot 39527@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This forum knows about the failings of the A702 (<a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3733#post-39275">Morningside/Comiston Roads</a> etc.)</p> <p>Safe speedy progress involves careful observation and a certain amount of dancing - not sitting too firmly on the saddle.</p> <p>Today I was proceeding northwards at a fairly modest pace between Craiglea Drive and Comiston Gardens.</p> <p>I was lulled into a false sense of security by newish looking bit of black tarmac. Of course it should be green - it's in the middle of a bus lane - but This IS Edinburgh...</p> <p>Maybe that's why it's got a severe case of depression.<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/6093739120/in/photostream"><br /> <img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6184/6093739120_d0ef4b1e5e.jpg"></a></p> <p>More deeply depressed than might be obvious from the photo. </p>