A structural member supporting the cattle grid rails had displaced, causing failure of some rails and instability of the others. It was apparent that the grid was unsafe for vehicles and we had to immediately close the cattle grid. Recognising the disruption that a full road closure would cause to the local community, we have put traffic management in place to divert traffic through the bypass gate adjacent to the grid. We are working on site today to improve the bypass for this traffic and to provide additional signs. Hopefully this will provide a suitable safe alternative to a full road closure, but we will need to monitor the situation and we may have to reappraise if it becomes apparent that traffic cannot safely negotiate the route through the bypass gate.
The nature of the historic proprietary cattle grid, and of the damage to it, mean that a repair solution and timescale is not immediately identifiable. Once the immediate situation has been managed, we will turn our attention to what needs to happen next, and will update you further.
Highways Assets and Strategy | Highways and Transport
Martin Hurley BEng(Hons) CEng MICE
Senior Bridge EngineerHere is a post from our local community page. How hard can it be to fix a cattle grid ? A local person could do it in a day. Great Britain indeed...ffs.
The infrastructure is going down everywhere. Just tonight, one of my classmates shared that some schools in Seattle WA are in dissaray because the politicans only put money into what serves them. It's all on the politicians.
ReplyDeleteDisarray (lol) is the correct spelling. I should know that since I'm studying English!
DeleteA lot of work has gone on here repairing old bridges after damage caused by storm Desmond in 2015. So each state decides the funding for schools ? No wonder its political !
DeleteYeah it's pretty awful. I shouldn't have come back to a blue state but how was I to know that c0vid would happen back in 2018?
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