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Hi John,<br>
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I would hope that Council knew about it because it is a major project
to decommission the water main from the city out to the west side which
dates from the 1800's and projects of this nature all need to have an
approved safety audit done. Sure, I have reported it, most of the works
and ATU folk in Council know me as the regular complainer regarding
cycling issues, but it is not just a matter of a simple fix that
concerns me. I had met up with Council Works people there not long ago
to discuss many of the problems with the pavement and markings which
they then fixed up. At that time we discussed the control that Council
had over contractors doing the works there, as that was much of the
problem. And here we are just a few months later and more of exactly
the same is happening with yet another contractor. That's what concerns
me. I know we can report problems as we see them, and some of us make
the effort to do that, but the real solution is to make sure that the
problems do not keep recurring when they could be avoided by doing
things by the books. It is very unlikely too that the contractor will
just whip out there and pull those plates up. It is raining as I type
and the risk is still there. I have been told by Council's project
manager for this that the contractor, Tenix, has yet to go out there
and investigate it. It's not just the metal plates that are dodgy, on
the opposite side they have claimed much of the parking/bike lane to
store their diggers and equipment and there is no prior warning for
cyclists that the lane is constricted or there are any works in
progress, nor are there any reflective measures to highlight the
closure in the dark. It's as if the bike lane was not considered
important and they were just taking up a few parking places. That's
what gets me grumpy.<br>
<br>
k<br>
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John Nightingale wrote:
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<pre wrap="">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" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pharmer_kim@hotmail.com"><pharmer_kim@hotmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">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.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bikeqld.org.au/wiki/Image:Towong_-_Sylvan_Road_-_Metal_plates.JPG">http://www.bikeqld.org.au/wiki/Image:Towong_-_Sylvan_Road_-_Metal_plates.JPG</a>
k
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