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Watch out for this, as there's no cones, just a white arrow painted on the ground
what you cant see from this picture is there's a six foot drop down that hole, into black water, no idea how deep
a dog or a child on a bike could easily go down it
its just at the foot of the Dalmeny Estate hill
absolutely crazy that this has been left unattended
the pic doesn't quite show the full scale of it
your bike would be totally ruined if you went over that, and at best you'd be face first on the pavement
i had to stop a wee kid on a bike who has tearing down the hill, he could easily have gone down that hole
his mother was behind, but they'd have had no way of knowing what was coming up
Tweet was sent 6 hours ago so around 10 this morning, no cone yet?
I saw the photo on twitter but you're right, without the bike wheel in the background you really don't get a sense of how easy it would be to disappear.
so going by reggie's twitter photo, they hadn't been along to spray on the white arrows yet
my photo was taken at 15:00
five hours gap, still no cones, just spray a couple of white arrows then leave again ?
dysfunctional, negligent, culpable
Yes, that is an accident waiting to happen. Not sure posting on Twitter or here will get it fixed though. Call Clarence? E-mail Roads Dept? Contact a local Councillor?
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footway defects greater than 50mm
footway cracks, gaps or trips greater than 25mm
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but theyve known about it for seven hours already ?
"Morning Reggie, Thanks for letting me know about this. I have reported this under reference number 696851 and attached your comments and photos to this report. Hope that this helps. Thanks, Gayle"
- seven hours ago
Just gone past the offending hole. Having Planned to drop of a cone. BT openreach van in attendance. Hole now has barriers around it. Looking for a new home for the cone.
thanks for the update
you know, i think its been like this for ages
i seem to recall a large yellow plastic cover used to be there, and it ended up covered in leaf mulch debris
maybe this morning's street sweeper just exposed it all once more
Now barriered off
https://twitter.com/reggietricker/status/1027604523144171521?s=19
@stiltskin. Good idea but alas someone has beaten me to it. Looks like I will have to Un borrow it tomorrow.
Ouch :(
I noticed they swept the path -of course before they're cutting the hawthorn hedge and not after- and that all the growth is still there at the bottom where the road joins the A90 where it narrows the path to about half it's width and covers the view ahead completely. I don't mind brambles and nettles, but not if they are growing into the cyclepath. Thanks Council.
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