The work to build a barrier to protect traffic on the soon to be opened sea front has been progressing rapidly. Thanks ISCA Scaffolding Ltd. The road has been marked out, 3 metres wide on the lane into Torquay and 3.1 metres on the left lane. It is this section from the Pavilion to the Princess Theatre that worries me with all those trees, big, strong trees, very near the side windows of the top deck. Will we get thrill seekers coming to Torquay to sit upstairs at the front to see how close we can get without showering them with glass?
No doubt the company will take a couple of buses down here, park one on the right and see if the other will clip the trees. Don't forget, the camber of the road will tend to make buses lean to the left. Also we will have to have speed limit down here and give way to any approaching large vehicles. Should be open 17 March, fingers crossed.
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Come on, they can save at least a foot if they tidied up the fencing. Rearrange the feet, then push the whole fence closer to the kerb. Failing that, have the fence ON the kerb.
I'm expecting to hear of some panicky old ladies swerving into the fence in avoidance of oncoming buses.
The road at that point is 20 feet wide and the white line is 9ft 10 inches from the central reservation. Which leaves 10ft 2 inches on the tree side. The fence you can see will be removed once the barrier is up but there is still the problem of the camber leaning the buses towards the trees.
Still as they say in theatre land,"It will be alright on the day."
Sure, it will be alright on the day... and then the city guys won't come to chop off the branches as they grow and soon...you poor drivers will indeed be whacking the limbs.
I visited Pontefract in the 60's... and had a wild ride on a double decker... he must have been going a bit quicker than usual..turned the corner too tight or something...but we leaned alright... the top deck leaned right onto the corner of a building and we really got a jolt. I bet he took off part of the building as well as the corner of the bus! Our eyes were as big as saucers and we made a mad grab for something to hold onto. Sheeesh... almost spilled my chips!
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