not resolvedRight, where's Morningsider?
I presume that for, say, a utility operator to block off a carriageway of a road to carry out works they have to get a traffic order. I also presume there are rules regarding when you must put up traffic lights, compared to instances when road narrowing signs will simply do.
I was just wondering what the status is of cycle lanes that form part of the carriageway. Heading to the last PY I came across a portacabin which had been deposited in a cycle lane. It obviously stuck out into the rest of the carriageway, but not enough to be causing any sort of obstruction at a wide section of road. Two small red cones marked its presence for the dozy clods who couldn't notice a large light-grey box.
Two things struck me (metaphorically, not literally). Firstly, I've seen this in Copenhagen, and they also use cones. Lots of them. To create a temporary lane around the obstruction in the cycle lane, and meaning cyclists don't have to move out into potentially fast-moving traffic.
And secondly, can they just leave obstructions there like that? It happens so regulary (particularly signs warning of roadworks ahead - I've been known to stop and pull them out of the way).
Just pondering on the rules to know if it's worth, every time I come across such an obstruction, becoming 'admin boy' and checking on whether they have the correct permissions to do so...
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