A167 Barriers - more to come
After three months of cones and barrier work, the A167 south of the Cock of the North roundabout down to the Honest Lawyer is complete and everything is cleared away.
On the other hand, apart from a few forgotten cones, to the north of the roundabout all that has been done is a few metres of barrier at the Merryoaks end as pictured.
Given that the spate of fatal accidents over the last couple of years were mainly on this northern stretch, this could be a cause for real concern.
Having spoken to the Northern Engineers Office on Friday, however, I have been assured that this stretch will be completed later in the summer (all being well).
The reason for the gap in the work is that the contractors ran out of the correct kind of barrier!
Apparently, the design of the barriers is non-standard because it has to be erected close to other obstructions (i.e. the trees on the central reservation) and this sort of barrier is in short supply.
This is all rather odd since you would have thought that they could have rather easily measured the total length required when they ordered the stuff in the first place.
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