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Crater on road near Rotunda

  • 20-04-2013 10:39PM
    #1
    pprendeville
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,911 ✭✭✭


    For anyone cycling up past The Rotunda watch out for the crater that Dublin City Council left behind today. It goes 3/4 of the way across the road and is fairly deep. Lots of drivers cringing going over it. Worst bit of resurfacing I've ever seen. I think they must have a deal going with car garages who are short of business. I've found the roads in Dublin have deteriorated a lot the last year or 2.


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  • #2
    Ole Rodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭Ole Rodrigo


    Its been there a while ( unless theres another one I missed ) - disgraceful


  • #3
    Dotsie~tmp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭Dotsie~tmp


    There was a massive deep one at the edge of a speed bump on Cappagh road, at the top of my road for a while there. I was walking home 3 months ago in the evening and there was an ambulance parked by it, lights flashing, with someone being worked on in the back. The next day it was filled with a rough blob of tarmac (which has already come to pieces). No prizes for guessing what happened.


  • #4
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,145 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    ror_74 wrote: »
    Its been there a while ( unless theres another one I missed ) - disgraceful
    No, it has seriously deteriorated (subsised) in the past few days. I hit it yesterday afternoon and thought I did serious damage to the wheels. I was actually going to post about it here.


  • #5
    Darkglasses
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    Pics?


  • #6
    Ole Rodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭Ole Rodrigo


    Darkglasses Pics?

    Pothole-Ireland.jpg

    Just kidding :)

    I've send an email to roadmaintenance@dublincity.ie


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  • #7
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    Funny, I thought things were improving whenthey filled in that horrible crack at the left turn beside the Aul Triangle. Clearly not.


  • #8
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 78,525 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    ror_74 wrote: »
    I dont know how they manage it, but repair jobs are often worse
    They certainly can be for cyclists as they often make a smooth surface where you can see the hazards a lot rougher and make it impossible to navigate without going over the rough surface

    The current state of the Malahide Road is a good example of this. Not sure if they will go back to finish the job properly when everything has settled, but there's a lot of weaving required at present to avoid some very uneven surfaces

    The good news is it helps protect some of my KOMs...


  • #9
    Ole Rodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭Ole Rodrigo


    Thats really the issue - the repairs don't take bicycles into consideration and the temporary patchwork can make things dangerous

    Unless you take the opportunity to sharpen your bike handling skills, of course :)

    On a broader note, how hard can it be? Spain does a great jobs with its roads


  • #10
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,145 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Just to clarify - the OP described the one at the Rotunda as a "crater". It's actually a trench approx 30cm wide across the road. Presumably it was excavated to install a pipe/cables etc. but it has seriously subsided after being refilled - 10-15 cms deep now and unless you know it's there you'll be on top of it before you notice it.


  • #11
    Dotsie~tmp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭Dotsie~tmp


    ror_74 wrote: »
    Thats really the issue - the repairs don't take bicycles into consideration and the temporary patchwork can make things dangerous

    Unless you take the opportunity to sharpen your bike handling skills, of course :)

    On a broader note, how hard can it be? Spain does a great jobs with its roads

    Spain doesnt have frost action attacking the road surface every winter. Its very destructive and not just to roads.


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  • #12
    Ole Rodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭Ole Rodrigo


    Spain might not be a good comparison, but other countries with similar climates have better roads ( like Belgium )

    Anyway, I found a thread on the subject :

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055802911


  • #13
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,145 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    That problem at the Rotunda has been rectified - I passed there tonight. I was thinking it deserved emergency repairs or every taxi driver in Dublin would have had a claim in.


  • #14
    Jocry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭Jocry


    Beasty wrote: »
    They certainly can be for cyclists as they often make a smooth surface where you can see the hazards a lot rougher and make it impossible to navigate without going over the rough surface

    The current state of the Malahide Road is a good example of this. Not sure if they will go back to finish the job properly when everything has settled, but there's a lot of weaving required at present to avoid some very uneven surfaces

    The good news is it helps protect some of my KOMs...


    I ran this yesterday and the section before kinsealy pet shop is a pure joke, nearly managed to come off the bike after hitting one of the botched road "repairs" That section didnt work out too well for me, a w@nker in a Barton Coach decided it would be a good idea to pull out in front of me just at the church too, good idea in the wet :(


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