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General Category => Chesterfield Discussion => Topic started by: Old Cruser on August 06, 2014, 10:59:04 AM
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Is this a good idea do you think, I'm thinking if work could be staggered it may be helpful but if roads were are urgently in need of repair would it make any difference?
Plans for a new permit scheme have been agreed to reduce the disruption to drivers caused by roadworks and get traffic moving across the county.
Our Cabinet approved plans to submit the draft proposal to the Government on Tuesday.
The scheme would mean any utility company - gas, water, electricity - will have to apply for a permit from the county council to carry out work on the busiest roads, allowing it to manage when and where roadworks would take place to help reduce congestion on the roads.
The new system also gives us the power to fine companies who fail to apply for a permit or who do not complete the works within the given timescale
Councillor Joan Dixon, our Cabinet Member for Jobs, Economy and Transport said:
Whether it's to improve the road, repair gas and water pipes or fix problems with the electricity supply, roadworks are a necessary part of modern day life.
"But we all know how frustrating it can be when we're sat in traffic queues caused by roadworks - and even more so when we get caught up in several on one journey.
"By improving the way we work with utility companies we can plan and coordinate roadworks better across the county to minimise any disruption to residents and motorists."
If approved by the Government a permit scheme could be introduced by April 2015 subject to a future meeting of Cabinet.
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Doesn't sound much different from what's been there for years, maybe some subtle changes
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What's the point of fining utility companies every time they break the conditions of their 'permits'? They'll just pass the cost on to their customers - us!
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Doesn't sound much different from what's been there for years
What's been there for years isn't working. Trying to get to Derby this last few months.
A38 back logged, Little Eaton. Get through it, Markeaton Park, grid locked.
Throw Temple Normanton bridge, St Leonards Drive and Storforth Lane works into the equation, AND starting Horns Bridge = CHAOS !!
Pi** up in a brewery since January or before
maybe some subtle changes
Subtle !!
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If DCC can't co-ordinate its own road works they are unlikely to be able to do it with the utilities
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Horns bridge is down to 2 lanes, din't it used to be like that before it was altered?
Hasland village is being done (or at least started) to coincide with school hols
Not aware of any major co-ordination issues
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Horns bridge is down to 2 lanes, din't it used to be like that before it was altered?
And didn't the M1 used to be cobbled?!! >;
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Highfield Lane and Newbold Road are both being resurfaced at the same time as well.
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Right bottle neck. Typical example. !
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Highfield Lane and Newbold Road are both being resurfaced at the same time as well.
Be pretty inefficient to do one then go to Glossop or Swadlincote then come back and do the other
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Drove through the village last night.
Had to chuckle that DCC are advertising the works as 'another highway improvement'.
More accurate surely to say 'putting back right what we screwed up in the first place'?
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Drove through the village last night.
Had to chuckle that DCC are advertising the works as 'another highway improvement'.
More accurate surely to say 'putting back right what we screwed up in the first place'?
Spot on JR :))