Roadworks

Dtp1979 · 28-08-2015 6:57pm #1

Does anybody else know a reason why the council would take on the idiotic task of putting roundabouts on 2 of the busiest schools roads in town at the same time school season starts back??
Common sense would suggest they carry out the work on the 3 quite months of the summer. They did this a few years ago on the boris road in September and there was major traffic delays. Does anybody have a logical reason for the timing or is it pure stupidity??

monflat · 30-08-2015 9:46pm

County council.....and the word . Logical don't go together.

County council and stupidty....... That sounds just about right.

Learn from mistakes - nah!

nasty_crash · 02-09-2015 2:19pm

traffic delays.... sounds like we need another roundabout!!

monflat · 02-09-2015 2:40pm

nasty_crash wrote: »

traffic delays.... sounds like we need another roundabout!!

Don't forget with roundabouts come pedestrian crossings!!!

Dtp1979 · 02-09-2015 4:14pm

In fairness they are needed where they're going. It's just dreadful timing

Dtp1979 · 06-09-2017 10:10am

Again with the roadworks just as school is back why do they wait until September?

The Princess Bride · 06-09-2017 7:06pm

I've been asking myself this all week.
You couldn't make it up.
Abbeyleix road, Timahoe Road...dunno where else.
Senseless decisions -again!

Dtp1979 · 06-09-2017 7:18pm

The Princess Bride wrote: »

I've been asking myself this all week.
You couldn't make it up.
Abbeyleix road, Timahoe Road...dunno where else.
Senseless decisions -again!

It like they actually wait for school to re start. I dunno, can't make sense of it.

The Princess Bride · 06-09-2017 11:29pm

Well for starters it was daft starting last week before Electric Picnic, with so much traffic going through Portlaoise enroute to Stradbally.
But to have that coinciding with back to school and then start digging up roads in more than one place at the same time?

Best wait until the National Ploughing Championship comes back to Laois before planning the next major dig-a-hole week.

Dtp1979 · 06-09-2017 11:52pm

The Princess Bride wrote: »

Well for starters it was daft starting last week before Electric Picnic, with so much traffic going through Portlaoise enroute to Stradbally.
But to have that coinciding with back to school and then start digging up roads in more than one place at the same time?

Best wait until the National Ploughing Championship comes back to Laois before planning the next major dig-a-hole week.

I'm surprised they didn't dig up the road around the new primary school on the 1st Sept

The Princess Bride · 07-09-2017 5:53am

Hush now.
You'll give them ideas.

UncleAlbert00 · 30-09-2017 12:34am

WTF is it with Laois and roadworks? Road from Mountmellick to Emo closed for the past week meaning a good 15 minute detour on the way to work. More in Stradbally to Portlaoise road. Also on Fairgreen road in Portlaoise. Oh, let's not forget Portarlington, stuck in that dump today for a good 20 minutes on the one way street.

It would drive you up the wall.

Dtp1979 · 30-09-2017 12:56am

UncleAlbert00 wrote: »

WTF is it with Laois and roadworks? Road from Mountmellick to Emo closed for the past week meaning a good 15 minute detour on the way to work. More in Stradbally to Portlaoise road. Also on Fairgreen road in Portlaoise. Oh, let's not forget Portarlington, stuck in that dump today for a good 20 minutes on the one way street.

It would drive you up the wall.

That's if you could even drive up that wall, cause there's probably works on that too

maccored · 18-10-2017 12:14pm

probably more to do with when funding becomes available moreso than anything else

The Princess Bride · 19-10-2017 12:36am

Mountmellick to Tullamore too, plus Abbeyleix today, it's non stop everywhere.

"Oi, we've not dug up this road in a while, so..."

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