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Comiston Road warning

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  1. chdot
    Admin

    This forum knows about the failings of the A702 (Morningside/Comiston Roads etc.)

    Safe speedy progress involves careful observation and a certain amount of dancing - not sitting too firmly on the saddle.

    Today I was proceeding northwards at a fairly modest pace between Craiglea Drive and Comiston Gardens.

    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...

    Maybe that's why it's got a severe case of depression.

    More deeply depressed than might be obvious from the photo.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. custard
    Member

    nasty.
    I had a near off on the tarmac here the other day

    http://g.co/maps/edxy

    where the road narrows(heading into town)
    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)

    Posted 12 years ago #

  3. SRD
    Moderator

    There's some very uneven paving on Polwarth terrace, heading into the intersection with Gillsland, in front of the hotel being turned into housing.

    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...)

    Posted 12 years ago #

  4. DaveC
    Member

    Have you reported it to the council? They should get back to the contractors who layed it to finish the job.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  5. chdot
    Admin

    Yes Local Team + Clarence

    Posted 12 years ago #

  6. chdot
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    Posted 12 years ago #

  7. chdot
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    Posted 12 years ago #

  8. kaputnik
    Moderator

    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.

    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")

    Posted 12 years ago #

  9. chdot
    Admin

    "Customer Lighting And Roads ENquiry CEntre"

    Posted 12 years ago #

  10. kaputnik
    Moderator

    With big orange and yellow cartoon lions on all the main roads into town and radio jingles on Forth to boot ("call clarence, oh-eight-hundred, twenty-three, twenty-three, twenty-three")


    CALL CLARENCE by Leo Reynolds, on Flickr

    Posted 12 years ago #

  11. chdot
    Admin

    Today


    "
    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?

    twitter.com/#!/ianmb/status/116267510306836481

    "

    Posted 12 years ago #

  12. spytefear
    Member

    Hmmm won't show pics from my flickr links...

    Posted 12 years ago #

  13. Arellcat
    Moderator

    @ch, I very nearly hit that depression on my small-wheeled bike on Saturday.

    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.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  14. chdot
    Admin

    @spytefear you need .jpg not just link

    Or link not in img tags.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  15. Kirst
    Member

    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.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  16. chdot
    Admin

    When do they wear them then??...

    Posted 12 years ago #

  17. chdot
    Admin

    TODAY

    "
    @south_team South Team

    @CyclingEdin Hi there Our roads team will visit today and have advised further excavations will be likely to understand full extend of issue

    Twitter

    "

    Posted 12 years ago #

  18. Arellcat
    Moderator

    ...car tyre-swallowing bombhole on the Longstone end of Inglis Green Road

    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.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  19. chdot
    Admin

    Still not fixed, but looks like it's been looked into -

    Posted 12 years ago #

  20. kaputnik
    Moderator

    looks like it's been looked into

    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

    Posted 12 years ago #

  21. Arellcat
    Moderator

    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.

    And of my Longstone pothole, guess what? It's a crater again! (and full of rain today)

    Posted 12 years ago #

  22. chdot
    Admin

    "They reduced the barriers to three at one point"

    I suspect that wasn't 'official' - though no idea what the point was.

    Longstone Crater - who did you report it too?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  23. Arellcat
    Moderator

    I've Clarenced it just now.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  24. chdot
    Admin

    "Clarenced and pending"

    http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3985

    Posted 12 years ago #

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