WTF?
Is it true and could you check your inbox or email me please?
PING JGHarston - EVERY road in Sheffield is to be reurfaced?
Jul 18, 2012
7 Replies
Seemed to be a rumour in April:
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they are digging up the back of Abbeydale Road around Carterknowle Road - so something's up. But I very much doubt 'every road' - the money's just not there. Even for the Worst Roads in Europe, and Probably the World.
Rob
Blimey:
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I thinky they've done a £2billion outsourcing deal where $megacorp resurfaces every road in the next 5 years, then looks after them for the next 20 years - all inclusive.
I find it hard to believe, they keep shying away from being pinned down to specifics. Interesting that the first two zones to have work done: Shiregreen is a typical suburban housing area and Ewden is miles 'n' miles of six-foot wide country lanes.
That possibly shows intelligence in starting with a mix of difficulties instead of doing all the easy bits first and then discovering their tar spreader won't get down places like Holdworth Lane:
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Its easy to spray tar and tip chippings all over the road.
You've never been to Romania, have you!
Nor N Africa
tim
That's one of the specifics I haven't been able to dig out. I would have thought "rebuild all of Sheffield's roads" would involve ginding off four inches of old surface and laying down four inches of new surface.
JGH
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