A83 road closure

by **knock** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:04 pm

Unfortunately the portavadie ferry doesn't start until 0800hrs (summer timetable is 0700hrs)

Our boss has told us that there is the possibility that the road may not open until the 10th or 11th November

but the police are still saying wednesday.
By the by, Mum phoned citylink last night and she was told there was only a half hour delay

!!!!!!!!!
Right, I'm leaving early tomorrow and I will get to Glasgow - maybe in time for my afternoon lecture!!!

Good luck fellow travellers!

by **Bobbie En Tejas** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:12 pm

Welcome back, Ags! Hope you had a great trip!

by **Mary G** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:23 pm

My passenger was on the 1330 bus from Glasgow yesterday, and the Dalmally diversion - plus the change of bus at Inveraray - only added 25 minutes to the scheduled journey time. So the half hour estimate seems about right, knock.

It all depends on that Ardlui section remaining clear ...

by **Beachcomber** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:39 pm

It just said on the BBC 10 o'clock news that the spot where the landslide happened had been identified 2 yrs ago as being a weak spot, but that nothing had been done in that time to re-inforce it.

I wonder whether Argyll & Bute Council's transport spokesman would care to comment on this point?

Regards
Gary Sutherland
Carradale

by **Buzz Lightyear** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:16 am

Beachcomber wrote:It just said on the BBC 10 o'clock news that the spot where the landslide happened had been identified 2 yrs ago as being a weak spot, but that nothing had been done in that time to re-inforce it.

I wonder whether Argyll & Bute Council's transport spokesman would care to comment on this point?

Regards
Gary Sutherland
Carradale

it'll be transervs fault! cos its a trunk road, but the council will put a tender in to fix it, then do there other work on a sunday for dubble time.

by **Jeanette** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:26 am

Ags

Rain, cold and a blocked road. Welcome home

jeanette

by **Hels** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:08 pm

The road is meant to be open tomorrow, sinfle file with traffic lights. But I had also heard that this would only be during day-light hours?! Anyone know anything more?

by **knock** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:44 pm

That's what they're saying. There's a mixture of signs all over the place. Police and TV say tomorrow but there is a big sign at Crianlarich which says two weeks! They announced on the radio that western ferries had put on extra ferries from gourock to dunoon.

Made it up the road in 3.5 hours via crianlarich. Not a bad journey, left at 5.30am, road was fine.
Hope you made it up the road Davie P, don't think I saw you on the road :shock:

by **jdcarra** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:08 pm

For those who may not have seen it, clip from one of yesterdays daily papers, small inset picture gives you an idea of how large this slide was.

by **jdcarra** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:58 pm

Road reopened this morning at 8.00am. Shall be open for daylight hours only, further repair work to be done at nights.

by **Ship called Dignity** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:13 pm

jdcarra wrote:Road reopened this morning at 8.00am. Shall be open for daylight hours only, further repair work to be done at nights.

Before I headed home today I checked

http://www.trafficscotland.org/news/index.aspx?id=369

which said the road was opened. When I reached Tarbet the Diversion signs were still up and the seven cars in front of me all turned off. I continued and asked someone in Arrochar who advised me the road was open from 8am until 4pm. So I managed to get through. I seriously thought of turning off at Tarbet too - surely the signs could be better served for drivers? Perhaps the cars in front were heading to Oban, Fort William etc but I wonder if anyone took the Diversion based on the signs.

Anyway, back to the story - it seems that the road is shut again due to bad weather and won't be open tomorrow - anyone know different? (that's what it say above)

Here is the photo I took quickly.. :wink:

by **Sheik Yir Erse** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:48 pm

Question for the forum .......

Has Mr(s) Renault Driver:

(a) arrived at the mudslide at high speed and ended up ploughing through to their final resting position i.e. :shock:

or

(b) arrived at the mudslide, slowed down and thought "I should be able to make it over this no problem!" i.e. :idea:

then

then

Answers on a post card :lol:

by **£3.73** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:51 pm

or c) enjoying a scenic view one minute and then sliding down the hillside to the current locus

by **howlsatthemoon** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:28 pm

Sheik was talking to a policeman who was at the landslide and the answer to your question is "b" :lol:

by **Sheik Yir Erse** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:08 am

howlsatthemoon wrote:Sheik was talking to a policeman who was at the landslide and the answer to your question is "b"

Howlsatthemoon - that's absolutely brilliant - you've made my day, I now know there are people stupider than me out there :lol:

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