Newlands Cross Flooding

chatterbox

Anyone know if the Autocenter or Bewleys get flooded today at Newlands cross ? Just bought a car at the Autocenter, yesterday

vickers209

Bad enough not sure bout auto centre

chatterbox

Looks like a possibility both Bewleys and autocenter are below the level of the new road..

vickers209 wrote: »

Bad enough not sure bout auto centre

chatterbox

Looks like a possibility both Bewleys and autocenter are below the level of the new road..

vickers209 wrote: »

Bad enough not sure bout auto centre

Alkers

What happened?

Alun

Simona1986 wrote: »

What happened?

Burst water main I believe.

chatterbox

Burst water mains, none of the properties where damaged nearby, but apparently it was like rapid water flying down the Clondakin Rd.

dfx-

When did it happen? I passed by Newlands Cross at 5pm and there was nothing unusual...

coylemj

dfx- wrote: »

When did it happen? I passed by Newlands Cross at 5pm and there was nothing unusual...

Sunday, it mainly affected the inbound N7 which reopened at 3 a.m. this morning (Mon.)

dfx-

I meant I passed through Newlands Cross after the Rovers match - about 5pm on Sunday

Sierra Oscar

dfx- wrote: »

I meant I passed through Newlands Cross after the Rovers match - about 5pm on Sunday

It happened mid-morning.

Theboinkmaster

Has happened again today, traffic backed up all around.

smellmepower

Water main burst again closed inbound from Kingswood to Newlands X.Closed til tomorrow according to contractor I was talking to.

No water either,such a pain in the arse!

coylemj

I wonder is the contractor who fixed it on Sunday doing a warranty repair today :rolleyes:

Carawaystick

It was SDCC's problem last weekend, but only until Wednesday...

SEPT 23 1989

traffic seems to be stopped dead

unkel

Traffic has been brutal in the wider area. Imagine one of the busiest roads in the country closed at one of the busiest afternoons for traffic in the year. I bet no one will be held responsible though :rolleyes:

coylemj

Now I see, SDCC patched it up on Sunday knowing that it would be Irish Water's problem from yesterday.

Nice one lads.

Davy

Its not at the same spot as Sunday afaik

Chris_5339762

Ironically, it made my trip home easier. Avoiding Terenure due to chaos, I flew down the Naas Road to the M50 junction and onto the M50 southbound. Quicker than my usual trip through town!

Heads should roll for this though. Disgraceful thing to have happen at this time on a Bank Holiday Friday.

chatterbox

2 head engineers from BAM fired for hitting the main, I hear with was an old cast iron mains that was hit\cracked so it very hard to stop the crack from travelling down the pipeline.. expect a lot of breaks along the line in coming weeks\months. Dont like to see anyone lose there job, but 2 people getting paid well in excess of 225K-255K per person shouldn't allow this happen

Spanish Eyes

chatterbox wrote: »

2 head engineers from BAM fired for hitting the main, I hear with was an old cast iron mains that was hit\cracked so it very hard to stop the crack from travelling down the pipeline.. expect a lot of breaks along the line in coming weeks\months. Dont like to see anyone lose there job, but 2 people getting paid well in excess of 225K-255K per person shouldn't allow this happen

How could they be sacked on the spot though? Surely employment law would give them a chance to defend themselves?

If it was a council employee, s/he would probably get a raise and a bonus

Idbatterim

if they are old cast iron mains, would they not be replaced while the road is being dug up?

chatterbox

The mains are getting replaced for definite now ... I'm sure there was a plan to replace them.. I presume that plan didn't involve bursting the old main first

Regarding the firing of the 2 engineers, most engineers at that level are self employed daily rate so employment can be terminated in multiple ways that wouldn't have the red tape of full time employees...

smellmepower

Mains were replaced last night according to SDCC.We had no water from 8pm-6am because of it.

Idbatterim

The mains are getting replaced for definite now ... I'm sure there was a plan to replace them.. I presume that plan didn't involve bursting the old main first

Surprising, surely it would have been far more lucrative for someone to rip it all up in a few years?