[bikeqld] Ice skating on Sylvan Rd

[John Nightingale]

Kim, Have you phoned the call centre or sent a Fix-o-gram to Council? Thanks
for the warning, but it'll be fixed only if Council knows about it, and I've
had reasonable results from both phone & internet complaints.
J.


On 27/10/09 5:52 PM, "kim" <pharmer_kim at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Westside commuters will have noticed the return of the metal plates on
> the bike lane inbound on Sylvan Rd at Toowong. A contractor is doing the
> pipeworks there. Pretty poor timing as Council has just finished
> patching, resealing and marking that road. Some of the new bike symbols
> are gone yet again. Dodgy patches have been made to the water service
> covers which have sunk already (council's efforts last time were to fix
> previous dodgy patches that had sunken) The real highlight though, are
> the large polished metal plates that have been placed smack bang across
> the bike lane. No warnings, no lighting, and like riding on ice when wet
> as they were yesterday. I just have no idea how they can get to be
> there, it's like nobody is even aware it is a bike lane and no safety
> checklist has been done by the contractor or council. Is anybody really
> concerned unless there is an accident? The upside tho is that unlike the
> previous ones placed by Origin this contractor has been courteous enough
> to build up some cold mix around the edges so we don't have the 40mm
> step we had last time.
> 
> http://www.bikeqld.org.au/wiki/Image:Towong_-_Sylvan_Road_-_Metal_plates.JPG
> 
> k
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