The Road Condition Warning thread

ARX

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118262445#Comment_118262445

This is all year round though, and it's mud rather than leaves , right to the top of the gully, often with weeds growing in it. I wonder how long it takes for them to fill up? I have very occasionally seen a local authority vehicle clearing the drains (at least that's what I assume they're doing) so maybe they just don't have the resources to keep them clear. Which would raise the question of why a design is used that can't be maintained.

Wildly Boaring

The amount of water that flows through and the size of the outlet means they self clean.

But obviously you'll get issues.

Maybe the pipe outlet gets blocked for a while.

Maybe something odd half blocks the outlet.

Bit of build up and ......blocked.

But I looked at the ones on a moforway 10 years after it opened. Most of the issues were from the original construction - tar etc that fell in and wasn't cleaned. Few were blocked all the same.

Lot of the blocked ones are bad design or bad construction. Or not cleaned for 30 years.

They did a job on one near me, blocks and floods every time there is heavy rain. Main road is down/false flat and the drain is on the minor rd. which is into an estate so the water flows down the main rd. and round to the left about 1m to the drain/gully on the minor rd. into the estate. So anyone turning left into the estate soaks anyone on the foot path even at slow speeds.

They dug this out and put a new cover on it in the last few weeks and I guarantee come the bad weather in the morning there will be standing water there which can be about 5cm at most on a bad day and means you have to go up the road about 10-15m to cross as it sits where the footpath dishes to cross to the middle of the road.

ARX

Spotted this piece of work on Goatstown Road (northbound, across the road from the junction with Goatstown Ave).

blackwhite

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118284497#Comment_118284497

The seemingly never-end works along there since the early summer have been shockingly managed, and road in general (and cycle lanes in particular) left in rag order by the contractors

Daroxtar

A mate of mine cycled over the Wicklow Gap today and said there was a sign at the top saying Turlough hill was closed to bikes. Anyone know anything about that?

smacl

Bit icy cycling around Ballyboden this morning though starting to thaw, I'd guess further up Cruagh and Stocking lane will stay frozen for much of the day.

gmacww

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118393226#Comment_118393226

Not sure if there is a new sign up but technically speaking it's always been closed to bikes. The sign at the gate states that its prohibited to cycle on it. It is private land after all. Now I've been cycling it for years as have many and in all my years I've only ever encountered one car on it and they waved at me. I think it was always more of a legal thing that if you crash "well you shouldn't have been there in the first place"...

secman

Be careful this morning, reports of black ice around parts of Wexford, presume its elsewhere too.

devonp

Deepening pothole just outside Sam's/Da Vinci's on Main St Leixlip, saw it today on my cycle, but won't like to hit it in the dark on my commute..😮

Submitted to FixMyStreet....

Larbre34

Dense fog alert for Leinster and Munster from 8pm tonight until Midday tomorrow. Some locations may have freezing fog which will obscure glasses and goggles on contact. Localised black ice will also occur.

magicbastarder

actually, the weather has been otherwise pretty good this week; dry, bright, and settled, albeit not madly warm.

Archeron

I see a lot of cyclists on the R154 from Dublin into trim, not a cyclist myself but as a driver I've found a newly surfaced stretch on that road is very dodgy. Heading toward trim, once you go through the dunshaughlin roundabout, from there pass the warrentstown arms pub and to the start of the 60 zone in kiltale was resurfaced recently and I've felt a slide twice in the car, once dry and cold, and once wet. Have heard a lot of car accidents have happened there since resurfacing was done.

CramCycle

About -1 when I went out at 5am this morning but no one on the roads bar one car and a few artics from Rosslare port. It was lovely and peaceful (until the council truck hit me with salt/grit). Despite the temperature, no ice on the roads.

Seth Brundle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118444735#Comment_118444735

Lads are working at that area as we speak. I'm assuming they're resurfacing it.

magicbastarder

https://twitter.com/Fingalcoco/status/1483127441468051468

crosstownk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118474728#Comment_118474728

Same all along Red Lane near Blessington. It looks like Wicklow Co Co are just leaving the debris to decompose.

Mercian Pro

Was walking 😱 along a section of Lake Drive about a km north of Ballyknockan on Monday afternoon having been up in the mountains. Came across a north facing slope in shade and it was like a skating rink. The road surface was rough with projecting chippings and I had thought these would give better grip but it was quite the opposite with a fine coating of black ice on each chip.

The following morning on a club spin I very nearly came down on a slow bend with a similar rough surface. Whether it's the wheels bouncing on the chippings or ice adhering to them I'm not sure but it's something to watch out for these wintery days.

magicbastarder

my in-law's next door neighbour was in a pileup with a group from i think ashbourne wheelers the weekend before last, somewhere out that direction - they hit black ice. my father in law said he thinks seven of them were injured; the neighbour broke a collar bone and wrecked her bike.

TallGlass2

What's the story with Fingal CC are they just afraid of looking after there road infrastructure, the Swords Road for such a vital stretch could do with a splash of paint.

Then why on earth didn't they put any cycle infrastructure in Northbound with the roundabout upgrade? Instead your flung across a motorway slipway into a buslane then cross back out across a motorway slipway exit. I wouldn't mind there's plenty of space for it.

Then folks watch that 'new' cycle lane at DCU, the bean counters in DCC decided to not bother resurfacing first but instead flung the grid down. The problem is there are some serious potholes now lurking and hidden away till last min.

magicbastarder

where are you talking about on the swords road?

TallGlass2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118509222#Comment_118509222

Sorry on mobile, its at the Airport Roundabout wasn't that redeveloped to add more traffic lights and they dug up and resurfaced it.

Then the cycle lane the way out and back and the road itself, the road markings are badly faded for any road user and the traffic lights majority of the time are fairly old and faint.

I suppose apart from having a moan about it, its if anyone hasn't been out that way, just take it handy the markings are faint for the cycle lane, some parts are on the path last moment, expect the cycle lane to just vanish and use caution coming up to the Airport Roundabout Southbound as you'll be quite suddenly crossing a road that links to the M1 with no cycle lane, the speed limit is 60 but most do 80/100 at that stretch.

magicbastarder

ah yeah - that has come up for discussion multiple times here.

at the other end of the airport yesterday, i had a double wheel slide on the roundabout near kilshane cross. thankfully i reckon each wheel slid just a few cm; but i was taking a tight line around the roundabout, and it's not one you want to wipe out on. i'll be taking it wider around the roundabout today if i'm back out.

Macy0161

Wicklow roads appeared to be greasy as feck over the weekend (and presumably still now with no change in the weather). A number of incidents (both group and solo) of riders sliding out. And anecdotally from mentioning it to locals seems people driving have noticed the traction control coming on on main roads and gentle bends. Anyway, came home and checked whatsapp and was pleased I went gravel!

Seems to be a build up of muck from vehicles/ building/ farms and getting damp but never clearing with no rain - a bit like the effect they always say about summer rain following a dry spell.

secman

Roads around Gorey extremely greasy, combination of residual mud left on roads following the Christmas floods and tractors leaving muck on roads, more prevalent near field gates and farm entrance . Roundabouts in Arklow very slippery, we had a faller on Saturday, that was at a slow speed too

Even the road in our estate is greasy and no work going on. Could be a build up from the gritter and there being now rain?

magicbastarder

yesterday was fine, roads were fairly dry around NCD - but on saturday they were damp and the tyres just felt the faintest bit squirrelly under me, couple of times it felt like they were just holding grip.

Macy0161

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118525241#Comment_118525241

It was Saturday when it was damper that there seemed to be the incidents alright, but everyone was probably more cautious as well. There doesn't seem to be much change in the weather out to next weekend though.

Wildly Boaring

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118525241#Comment_118525241

Yeah i went down through the Naul on Saturday, me and that Quarry to the north are never going to get along.

Was not happy going down through the **** past it and into the village. Jeep up my behind me was no help.

Yesterday was a lot better

smacl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118525241#Comment_118525241

Descent from Ballinscorney towards Firhouse was a bit sketchy on Saturday with a thin film of mud covering the first km or so. Coming down Cruagh at lunch I came across a family with two kids and a dog walking down the wrong side of the road, also in greasy conditions. No issue luckily as it is a road I've become used to being very cautious on but not a great road to be walking down as a group.