They’re resurfacing the road on the A60 near to the Kirk Lane/Flawforth Lane junctions in Ruddington. Temporary lights, long queues. The lot.
Three bloody weeks!
That’s what they are saying. Three weeks to resurface a few hundred metres of road. What is the world coming to?
When I was young, they could build a motorway across six counties in that time. So why does it take so long now?
Maybe it’s got something to do with all the workmen standing around thumbing texts into their mobile phones? Maybe it’s to do with the fact they don’t start work until 10am or later, then pack up at 3pm? Maybe if they got on with it – like worked nights to finish it quickly – it wouldn’t take anywhere near as long as three weeks.
And the work is bound to cause problems with the knackered gas mains on that junction, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they have to dig it up again in a few months for a gas leak.
Update: Incidentally, I think I discovered one good reason why it is taking them so bloody long. There’s no one working on it at all today.
Another update: Yep! They dug it all up last weekend, didn’t do ANYTHING all week, and have been back on it this weekend (in fact, they’ve been pratting around in Ruddington centre all week resurfacing exceedingly minor roads – go figure that one. So the three weeks’ duration is actually three weekends. Just think how quickly they could have done it.
Instead, we’ve had people driving at 20mph through the milled road all week.