Well, I didn't I tend for my post to generate such a response 😁
In other news, another section of Killiskey/ "easy devils glen" getting the chip and tar treatment this week.
County councils obviously sensing the good weather want to start the anti cycling campaign as quickly as possible
Supporting Gravel Cycling while Coillte won't…
LOL! Someone have a quiet word in their ear.
I wouldn't be surprised if per sqm Wicklow tops the global charts for use/ production/ purchase of stone chippings.
Stop/Go and lane closure in place on Stocking lane above the roundabout. A bit of extra caution descending as you can come across it pretty quick.
I'm sure it's the same in other parts of the country, but lots of reports of melting tar on the local facebook groups - Killiskey/ "Easy Devils Glen" specifically mentioned (I can guess the bends), but also a few other spots WWC have spread fine gravel on top between Roundwood and Rathdrum anyway.
I was up this one this morning. Fine going up but coming down has been hairy for quite a while, as the council's chippings vandalism has still not bedded in properly
I came across a lot of very fine gravel, which has been haphazardly thrown on the road, coming down from the featherbeds to glencree today. There was no signage in advance of it either. The was another patch near Kilmolin also. The council up to their old tricks.
Folks can anyone who has any knowledge of road maintenance please enlighten me here. Tar and chip I can just about understand on worn and in need of repair roads however. Road from Blessington to Eadestown was freshly resurfaced a couple of weeks ago. Great job and driving/cycling over it a pleasure. Popped over to Naas this morning and sections of it, not all, has been chipped. Why on earth would you chip a road you’ve just freshly resurfaced. Any clue?
I was on it earlier and it seemed as if the bends weren't given the pebble dash surface (yet?) but the straight sections have got it.
As for why - well, it is Kildare Co Co 🙄
Also passed through today. Bizarre. It wasn't like that on Wednesday evening and there was nothing down to bond it to the road. Almost like the Council are hoping the weather will melt the tar.
was what was done with the resurfacing a base layer, i wonder?
The "unfinished" surfaces do look like a base layer awaiting the final pebble dash layer.
Wicklow CC did this in a few places recently including the climb at Altidore - they put a lovely smooth surface down, then came back 6 months later and chipped it.
Those surfacing jobs are generally a layer of tarmac (dbm) that does not have good slip resistance. Its fine for a while at the start but its got no chips at the surface. Once the pores in it start to fill with grime it gets slippy.
If you back 20 years it was considered a factor in the kentstown school bus crash.
So it needs a wearing course.
To put a full layer of a wearing asphalt (hra, sma, thin lay......) is expensive, takes time and needs every cover and gully adjusted.
So the council tar spray and chip on R and L roads.
^^^ I understand that but the approach Kildare have taken is to apply the top layer on certain sections of a 1.5km upgrade stretch and so one passes along the top layer until you get to a bend, then youre on an unfinished section, then top layer after the bend then unfinished etc. I'm unsure why they didn't start at one end and work their way to the other end rather than do it in sections (and I'm doubting they had multiple crews working on it)
well the roads in wicklow are just fantastic so there can’t be any question as to WicklowCoCo’s credentials…
Cant say I noticed any of that today, was on the gravel bike though...
The fine gravel is put on top of melted tar, rather than hoping it melts. In the immediate, melted tar isn't great for bike handling either, but in the medium term melted tar will lead to more potholes too.
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Apparently residents removed them shortly before the council arrived to do so.
Not sure how or why someone would go to the effort of doing that
The amount of glass bottles thrown from cars and that smash alongside the kerbing and roadside is frightening
I often wonder how many drivers or passengers are going around drinking in the car
Saw a young woman, maybe 18/19 lean out of the rear window of a Golf and throw up all over the outside lane of the M50 yesterday. Rather sheepish passengers, all about the same age.
Big spill of gravel on R115 Old Military Road in Wicklow close to Lough Bray car park. Reported to Wicklow CC
in the outside lane? slow moving traffic, or was this done at 100km/h?
Slow moving/crawling traffic.
Obviously a night on the tiles - all the passengers looked the worse for wear, and highly embarrassed.
Not just glass bottles, but canisters of nitrous oxide. Used to see the small whippets everywhere a couple of years ago (thought first they were CO2 capsules and was wondering how cyclists were getting that much punctures and was CO2 that common for commuting). Now it's more the large metal cylinders of circa 1l capacity which are surprisingly heavy and strong.
Going to be a nightmare commuting up/down the Dublin quays the next few days with broken glass everywhere following Paddy's day.
Dublin city centre was a sh1t show after Paddy's day. The amount of debris and litter was unreal.
i noticed that the Bray Wheelers Shay Elliot is on this weekend but with changes to the route.ie no climb up SE ??
said its due to WCC roadworks ?…has SE/SM been freshly chipped ?? anyone know ??
