[bikeqld] Wrecking bikelanes with road repairs

[Peter Whittle]

... while I'm on the "do cyclists really matter" theme, have you noticed how frequent and crappy are the road repairs on bikelanes? I wonder if we can get a new standard that they have to be perfectly flush, flat hotmix? Or even just a repair to "no worse than original"?

Cases in point:


-          Outbound on Gladstone Road, numerous repairs, crappy standard, long duration of works

-          Outbound on Annerley Road, numerous repairs, lines not repainted, repairs of a lower standard than original road

-          Outbound on Hyde Road, Yeronga - long parallel pipeline ditch, repair is rough so you can't ride it comfortably, tar has slumped so there is a sharp edge that catches tires if you try to cross it ... a rock and a hard place.

These are only standard. I wonder what BCC policy is in regard to maintenance contractors sustaining the asset? I should ask them one day.

Pete
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