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Incompetent Councils/NRA

  • 24-07-2009 9:02am
    #1
    Patrickhegart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭


    What is wrong with these idiots. Why do they have to cut the hedges during the day and esp during rush hour.

    They basically shut Galway down yesterday evening to cut hedges on the dual carriageway to Oranmore and I see they are cutting the hedges on the M4 around Maynooth for the last month. They shut down one lane to do this and are really slow moving the cones at the pace of the hedge cutters resulting in one lane being unnessairly closed for miles.

    Why cant they do this at night


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  • #2
    Dazzler88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭Dazzler88


    Patrickhegart wrote: »
    Why cant they do this at night
    the state are broke as it is,i dont think their going to pay extra expenditure to contractors to do this job at night.This is the case in others countries,i worked Pipelaying in America years ago and we always lay pipes at night,saved getting permisson to close down the road during the day.


  • #3
    Patrickhegart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭Patrickhegart


    Dazzler88 wrote: »
    the state are broke as it is,i dont think their going to pay extra expenditure to contractors to do this job at night.This is the case in others countries,i worked Pipelaying in America years ago and we always lay pipes at night,saved getting permisson to close down the road during the day.


    In fairness how much extra would it cost(its only 2 peoples salary after all). There are plenty of people working night shifts for zero extra pay.

    Its because of the NRA/councils(they are government bodies afterall) incompetence that they fail to look past this tiny cost leading them to ignore negatives that far outweigh the costs savings potential accidents/lost working hours.......


  • #4
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,363 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Given how broke the councils are we should be glad they are cutting them at all, and they didn't wait until the schools are back.


  • #5
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,158 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    I was to understand that you CANNOT cut hedges in the summer because the birds who flew back to Ireland are living in these bush's.

    Apparently you are only supposed to cut them in the Spring or Autumn.

    BTW, they are gits as well. The road into Dublin from Galway(cant think of name). The road closed down to 1 lane for around 6 miles because of some moron with a tractor.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,714 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Patrickhegart wrote: »
    What is wrong with these idiots. Why do they have to cut the hedges during the day and esp during rush hour.

    Why cant they do this at night

    I see no problem with cutting hedges during the day once they avoid the rush hours.

    In fairness I think its a job best done during the day as it is be much easier for the driver than doing it with lights, some jobs are fine with lights but I think this need day light.


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