The Kintyre Forum

Some of you may be wondering what the major road works and traffic diversions at the roundabout and on to Main Street are just now. They are part of the planned Scottish Water work being undertaken from the carriageway to the Book Shop at the Main Street/Bolgam Street junction and has has been programmed by Black & Veatch the contractors to be completed within a 8 week period.

For information the works on the Esplanade as part of this overall project are due to be completed soon and re-instated for the Feb 2011.

Couple of images taken yesterday showing the works

Good to know but some mess, eh? Do you think it will ever be possible for the utilities to work in tandom and dig up the roads once a year?

Is this also why a huge big chunk of the cross has been removed too. Happened months ago with no explanation to the people?????

smiles wrote:Good to know but some mess, eh? Do you think it will ever be possible for the utilities to work in tandom and dig up the roads once a year?

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This was suggested in Lanark over 20 years ago and believe it or not the roads around the town centre are constatly being dug up, closed, diverted etc since so please please do not suggest that as it doesn't work

Could be a bit of an improvement. It will stop the long wait on Hall Street watching the same idiots go endlessly round and round while you try to get on to Main Street or the back road.

smiles wrote:Is this also why a huge big chunk of the cross has been removed too. Happened months ago with no explanation to the people?????

Sure this was for the transportation of Turbine Towers to the New Quay. Might have been a waste of time tho?

weetoonboy wrote:

smiles wrote:Is this also why a huge big chunk of the cross has been removed too. Happened months ago with no explanation to the people?????

Sure this was for the transportation of Turbine Towers to the New Quay. Might have been a waste of time tho?

You are correct.... and another waste of money lol

maxmix

I sincerely hope the Council ensure the reinstatement to the roads and the round about are carried out correctly. The cross looks like a bomb site and certainly not easy to find a space to park the jeep!

Kintyre Forum News wrote:Some of you may be wondering what the major road works and traffic diversions at the roundabout and on to Main Street are just now. They are part of the planned Scottish Water work being undertaken from the carriageway to the Book Shop at the Main Street/Bolgam Street junction and has has been programmed by Black & Veatch the contractors to be completed within a 8 week period.

Posted back on January 20th would suggest the work should be completed by now but we have been told it is 2 to 3 weeks away from completion.

Great - just with the 2 week easter break coming up visitors will see a major part of the town looking like a bomb site. I wonder if there is any compensation to the town for work that goes over the expected date by 5 weeks? It must be to the detriment of trade in parts of the town? I wonder if any of our elected officials are asking these questions?

We are led to believe the delay is also holding up work on the Royal Hotel with the contractors there being unable to erect their scaffolding due to the traffic diversions. (though it is heartening to see work started there)