There's definitely no coating on either the Dundee Street or Gilmore Park plates
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Improper use of steel plates
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Posted 11 years ago #
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There is also a nasty one on Leamington Tce, right where you need to be to avoid clattering over a speed hump as you descend. The whole of Leamington Tce surface is pretty broken actually.
This one on Leamington Tce (part of the connection between Bruntsfield Links and the Canal) has now been there for more than 8 months!
Anyone know of any other ones that have been there for a very long time i.e more than 6 months?
Posted 10 years ago # -
Clearly a good system is that a roads authority should be able to audit the extent of and duration of temporary (sic) measures taken to make emergency road repairs. Perhaps an ideal topic for an FoIA request from your local roads authority?
Q ; Can you provide monthly audit figures for the deployment of temporary road plates on roads monitored and maintained by XX Council, and the performance indicators which measure the typical duration for a temporary road plate remaining in the carriageway.
I think you should be able to quote a section of the Roads Scotland Act 1984 et seq about the duty mandated on a roads authority to keep the road in a good state of repair, and the periodicity of defect inspection.
Posted 10 years ago # -
There's one round the side from Tynecastle that has been there for as long as I can remember.
Posted 10 years ago # -
One thing about metal plates is (especially if they are to stay for longer than 'emergency purposes') is that they should be 'textured'.
I think the ones at the top of Broughton Street had sand stuck on them after complaints here - though they weren't actually on place for long.
From initial post in this thread -
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I want to assure you that road safety is taken very seriously and the Council do not ignore cases such as these. The plates recently placed in Leith Street were arranged to be placed by the Local Neighbourhood office. At the time of installing the plates there were none available, that had a skid resistant surface. The plates were required as an emergency to avoid serious injury to road users. The decision that was taken was appropriate in the emergency situation but should have been followed up with anti-skid treatment after installation. Arrangements are being made to replace these prior to remedial work to the road with plates that have a skid resistant surface applied.
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Posted 10 years ago #
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