Amanda P
Legendary Member
- Location
- York. Well, York-ish...
Me to Highways Agency (with photos and map):
Fault: junction of A64 and Sand Hutton Lane, grid reference SE 675 588
The road surface at this junction and some distance either side of it is breaking up. This means that there are loose chippings constantly present on the surface, presenting a hazard:
* The stones accumulation in the centre lane are thrown up violently by passing traffic. I have been struck several times by chippings launched by vehicles overtaking my cycle at high speed. If a cyclist were hit in the eye or face, an accident would almost certainly result.
* There is also a considerable amount of dust in the centre lane. In dry weather this is raised in choking clouds by passing vehicles. This reduces visibility just at a dangerous junction and gets in the eyes of cyclists or pedestrians using the road or waiting to cross.
* The loose chippings in the centre lane are slippery and hazardous for cyclists and motorcyclists who must turn on them to join the A64 from Sand Hutton Lane.
* The loose chippings in Sand Hutton Lane make the junction slippery, making it hazardous for any vehicle to accelerate into the A64, both because of the risk of not moving off as briskly as you thought, and because of the risk of chippings hitting following vehicles.
These chippings have been accumulating as the surface breaks up. They have been cleared once, but have accumulated again and will continue to do so until the surface is repaired in some way.
Please conduct more frequent maintenance of this junction, including sweeping up loose chippings, mud or dust.
Please consider erecting signs warning of the loose chippings.
Please consider imposing an appropriate temporary speed limit until they are permanently removed.
Highways Agency to me, three days later:
Thank you for contacting the Highways Agency. Your enquiry has been passed to CarillionWSP as we are the Managing Agents for the Highways Agency in the area concerned
We are aware of the need for the carriageway to be resurfaced and we will be carrying out these works during financial year 2009/10, subject to funding. We have also arranged for the junction to be swept and this should be done this week.
In the mean time please be assured that we will continue to monitor the carriageway and keep it in a safe condition until such time as the major works are undertaken.
If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us.
When I left that day to go home, a Carillion roadsweeping machine was just completing the task of sweeping up (most of) the chippings.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the oil.
Fault: junction of A64 and Sand Hutton Lane, grid reference SE 675 588
The road surface at this junction and some distance either side of it is breaking up. This means that there are loose chippings constantly present on the surface, presenting a hazard:
* The stones accumulation in the centre lane are thrown up violently by passing traffic. I have been struck several times by chippings launched by vehicles overtaking my cycle at high speed. If a cyclist were hit in the eye or face, an accident would almost certainly result.
* There is also a considerable amount of dust in the centre lane. In dry weather this is raised in choking clouds by passing vehicles. This reduces visibility just at a dangerous junction and gets in the eyes of cyclists or pedestrians using the road or waiting to cross.
* The loose chippings in the centre lane are slippery and hazardous for cyclists and motorcyclists who must turn on them to join the A64 from Sand Hutton Lane.
* The loose chippings in Sand Hutton Lane make the junction slippery, making it hazardous for any vehicle to accelerate into the A64, both because of the risk of not moving off as briskly as you thought, and because of the risk of chippings hitting following vehicles.
These chippings have been accumulating as the surface breaks up. They have been cleared once, but have accumulated again and will continue to do so until the surface is repaired in some way.
Please conduct more frequent maintenance of this junction, including sweeping up loose chippings, mud or dust.
Please consider erecting signs warning of the loose chippings.
Please consider imposing an appropriate temporary speed limit until they are permanently removed.
Highways Agency to me, three days later:
Thank you for contacting the Highways Agency. Your enquiry has been passed to CarillionWSP as we are the Managing Agents for the Highways Agency in the area concerned
We are aware of the need for the carriageway to be resurfaced and we will be carrying out these works during financial year 2009/10, subject to funding. We have also arranged for the junction to be swept and this should be done this week.
In the mean time please be assured that we will continue to monitor the carriageway and keep it in a safe condition until such time as the major works are undertaken.
If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us.
When I left that day to go home, a Carillion roadsweeping machine was just completing the task of sweeping up (most of) the chippings.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the oil.
