http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: NEPN trench warning en Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:12:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90745 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:53:37 +0000 BestofTimes 90745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Noticed that it has now been given a covering of nice smooth tarmac as of this morning.</p> <p>Thanks to everyone who followed-up on this. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90505 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:07:14 +0000 riffian 90505@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Agreed.<br /> It's actually quite dangerous if you took it at any speed. Still not fixed as of about 1730 tonight... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90497 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:48:19 +0000 Bigjack 90497@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, it's apalling, I've Clarenced it and I think the contractor concerned should be strung up.The HSE close whole schools for actions less severe than this(no signs; no attempt to make safe and so on) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90316 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:05:08 +0000 chdot 90316@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Easier to spot now -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/8166941869/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8487/8166941869_c148224ae2.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/8166941869/">Mind the gap</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90314 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:58:00 +0000 chdot 90314@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>North Team (@north_team)<br /> 08/11/2012 15:43<br /> @CyclingEdin thanks for highglighting this issue. It is due to be dealt with tomorrow morning</p> <p>"<br /> "<br /> Cycling Edinburgh (@CyclingEdin)<br /> 08/11/2012 15:53<br /> @north_team Think I've worked out who is 'responsible'</p> <p>@andrewnoyce @neilFCS @BestofTimes </p> <p><a href="http://pic.twitter.com/k6NRPJGZ" rel="nofollow">http://pic.twitter.com/k6NRPJGZ</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90308 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:25:07 +0000 chdot 90308@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Cycling Edinburgh (@CyclingEdin)<br /> 08/11/2012 15:15<br /> @andrewnoyce @neilFCS @BestofTimes @north_team still a hazard. By Pilton Drive bridge -</p> <p>#ThisISEdinburgh </p> <p><a href="http://pic.twitter.com/WBBkUHVz" rel="nofollow">http://pic.twitter.com/WBBkUHVz</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90297 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:03:36 +0000 LivM 90297@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There seemed to be a trench beside the path on Monday morning (but the path was still clear), and the tarmac was clearly dug up at some point on Monday, as the trench across the path was there on Tuesday morning. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90268 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:41:28 +0000 BestofTimes 90268@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm the 'BestofTimes' who reported this on Twitter and did see the 'work' taking place on this trench - I reckon it was last Friday afternoon.</p> <p>At the time I thought the contractors did not look at all professional which was one reason the location stuck in my mind.</p> <p>I agree this is potentially going to damage a bike or (if it's left) could cause an accident in winter weather. I'm glad people have tried to raise the profile. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90223 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:00:18 +0000 LivM 90223@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, slightly odd that there's no utility company sign up, like there usually would be. Even signs up saying RAMP would be useful - the trench is really hard to see in the shadow of the bridge, or at night. Even better would be a board or similar covering it up. They'd do that on a road! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90221 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:53:39 +0000 Firedog 90221@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Would be interested to find out who dug the trench and left in this half-finsihed state in the first place. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90220 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:45:32 +0000 chdot 90220@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's disappointing that @north_team hasn't looked already. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90219 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:39:33 +0000 LivM 90219@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I phoned Clarence this morning and hopefully managed to convince the chap on the phone that it was something worth investigating "urgently" rather than just the "over the next few days" that he originally said. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90194 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:04:12 +0000 Kenny 90194@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I believe it's been there since the weekend. I've tried to bunny hop it, forgetting that I've not ridden a bmx for 25 years, but it doesn't work so well on a road bike with a pannier bag. There didn't appear to be any way around it, either, although it's dark when I go past it in each direction, so maybe I've not spotted the way to do it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90190 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:47:38 +0000 LivM 90190@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, I go that way every morning, just about. Will see what state it's in tomorrow :/ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90186 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:37:19 +0000 chdot 90186@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@LivD</p> <p>Will you be going over it in the morning?</p> <p>Interesting to know if anything has been done to cover/fill it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90185 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:32:18 +0000 LivM 90185@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's a nasty trench. I'm glad I'm on my mountain bike this week, and that I don't cycle that way in the dark. The chap in front of me this morning lost his rear light in the jolt going over it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8842#post-90095 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:35:12 +0000 chdot 90095@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Steve Hodgson (@BestofTimes)<br /> 07/11/2012 08:26<br /> @north_team @CyclingEdin Here’s that trench across the cycle path at Ainslie Park. <a href="http://d.pr/i/vPNq" rel="nofollow">http://d.pr/i/vPNq</a></p> <p>" </p>