shull Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) Nothing to do with moronic loyalists who disgrace our Country with every step. Just congratulations for the excellent resurfacing of some of Britain's roads. It took them a week but the Hurlet and the adjacent Nitshill Road and Barrhead Road are now smoothingly magnificent. Still many to do, including the carpet bombed Hardgate Road at Shieldhall but hearty praise for the Hurlet tarring. Proud to be British. Edited July 13, 2013 by shull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Just to add, the stretch of Barrhead Road between Silverburn and the Round Toll, Pollokshaws is a f**king disgrace and should be attended to immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 The Hurlet Tarring sounds like an annual fete or something. Is it a big local event? Do parents take their kids to see the Hurlet Tarring and buy em' ice creams? Is it like the old Lilias Day in Kilbarchan? We need to know. I might go next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 The Hurlet Tarring sounds like an annual fete or something. Is it a big local event? Do parents take their kids to see the Hurlet Tarring and buy em' ice creams? Is it like the old Lilias Day in Kilbarchan? We need to know. I might go next year. Forget it Poz, season tickets urnae valid.Although, tarring of local blue and green Verminites maybe encourage me tae dig deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Nothing to do with moronic loyalists who disgrace our Country with every step. Just congratulations for the excellent resurfacing of some of Britain's roads. It took them a week but the Hurlet and the adjacent Nitshill Road and Barrhead Road are now smoothingly magnificent. Still many to do, including the carpet bombed Hardgate Road at Shieldhall but hearty praise for the Hurlet tarring. Proud to be British. Road signs at Linwood Toll roundabout would indicate that it will be getting resurfaced over the next couple of weekends. Not before time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 First on the list to be resurfaced should be that wee bridge area at the bottom of Cochranemill Road in Johnstone. Try driving down from Corseford, past the bus garage, then turn left at the mini roundabout at the end of the road, sharp left over the bridge towards Kilbarchan... 'Fcuk sake' just about covers it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Road signs at Linwood Toll roundabout would indicate that it will be getting resurfaced over the next couple of weekends. Not before time. Indeed, a terrible surface. The Queen wid have a f*cking fit at the state of some of her highways and byeways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Junction at the Afton looks like it will be getting done also. Long overdue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smcc Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Causeyside St/ Canal St/ Gordon St junction also to be resurfaced. http://paisleyphotographs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/roadworks-nightmare-set-to-hit-paisley.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Aye, Causeyside, Gordon and Canal junction is badly needing a right guid tarring. As is the junction adjacent tae The Afton. Tum te tum te tum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Aye, Causeyside, Gordon and Canal junction is badly needing a right guid tarring. As is the junction adjacent tae The Afton. Tum te tum te tum Yup, hope they plan on doing the junction at Corkers after this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Nothing to do with moronic loyalists who disgrace our Country with every step. Just congratulations for the excellent resurfacing of some of Britain's roads. It took them a week but the Hurlet and the adjacent Nitshill Road and Barrhead Road are now smoothingly magnificent. Still many to do, including the carpet bombed Hardgate Road at Shieldhall but hearty praise for the Hurlet tarring. Proud to be British. If your a patient going to the Southern, talking about adding insult to injury comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 If your a patient going to the Southern, talking about adding insult to injury comes to mind. That road would just about finish them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Drove down Cochranemill Road earlier this afternoon after visiting my mum in Johnstone. Turned left at the end, shouted 'for fcuk sake!' again, carried onto the dual carriageway, went home, stopped at Tesco in Cumbernauld and bought beer and crisps. Car booked in to have wheels balanced and aligned next Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 I've got ' f**k sake ' on loop in this damn town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 First on the list to be resurfaced should be that wee bridge area at the bottom of Cochranemill Road in Johnstone. Try driving down from Corseford, past the bus garage, then turn left at the mini roundabout at the end of the road, sharp left over the bridge towards Kilbarchan... 'Fcuk sake' just about covers it. They were resurfacing the main drag in Kilbarchance the other day(not before time) . You have to feel sorry tho' , for all the folk that normally park their cars on either side of the road there and normally make that wee stretch a single track road as , they were unable to park there during the re-surfacing . Aw didums. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Car booked in to have wheels balanced and aligned next Wednesday.That techie stuff is only necessary if you drive slower than 56 mph.Keep on truckin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurich_allan Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 The new surface on Seedhill road is great. For now. Unfortunately it will all fall apart again within the year given that every time they resurface it, they do it directly on top of the old cobbles. Complete waste of time and money doing this every couple of years when in the long run it would be more cost effective to lift the old cobbles. Either that or completely remove the surface and just leave it as a cobbled street as that would force cars to go a bit slower (some eejits go far too fast there). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Sort of. You can get a good surface onto cobbles if they are in decent nick but it's not ideal. Those old cobbles are a pain to maintain, paint doesn't stick well and they are very slippy compared to a modern surface. If you go down Back Sneddon out the back of RBS you'll see they are in a rubbish state. Despite that I have to say I do like cobbled streets. Part of the reason many roads are in poor nick is the use of SMA material. It just doesn't wear well imv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurich_allan Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) Sort of. You can get a good surface onto cobbles if they are in decent nick but it's not ideal. Those old cobbles are a pain to maintain, paint doesn't stick well and they are very slippy compared to a modern surface. If you go down Back Sneddon out the back of RBS you'll see they are in a rubbish state. Despite that I have to say I do like cobbled streets. Part of the reason many roads are in poor nick is the use of SMA material. It just doesn't wear well imv. Well in that case, multiple contractors have either been using poor materials or doing a poor job ever since I moved into my flat just off Seedhill road nearly twelve years ago. In that time I've seen them do various things from resurfacing lengthy sections, to repairing (!) potholes (read - dump some tar in the hole, don't level off, walk away), to complete resurfacing, with each of these being done many multiples of times, since literally every time the road starts to break up within 6 months - a year. The amount that must have been paid to do all of this is frightening, not to mention the inconvenience each time they do carry out some sort of major work rather then just filling in the holes. So as I said, in the long term they'd have been (and still would be) better off just lifting the cobbles and starting from scratch since they're clearly not interested in doing the job properly with them there. Edited July 16, 2013 by zurich_allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Well in that case, multiple contractors have either been using poor materials or doing a poor job ever since I moved into my flat just off Seedhill road nearly twelve years ago. In that time I've seen them do various things from resurfacing lengthy sections, to repairing (!) potholes (read - dump some tar in the hole, don't level off, walk away), to complete resurfacing, with each of these being done many multiples of times, since literally every time the road starts to break up within 6 months - a year. The amount that must have been paid to do all of this is frightening, not to mention the inconvenience each time they do carry out some sort of major work rather then just filling in the holes. So as I said, in the long term they'd have been (and still would be) better off just lifting the cobbles and starting from scratch since they're clearly not interested in doing the job properly with them there. Probably bits of both to be honest. No expert in tarmac but it was the joints between sections failed in the last resurfacing. A lot of Paisley is similar to Seedhill Road and asphalt on top of setts so no real reason it should be worse- although there are a lot of lorries that use the bit near Mill Street. Full reconstruction is likely to be much more expensive and it would be a slow process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Buddie Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Gordon Street heading towards Canal Street is a feckin disgrace, the left lane has tank traps in it, from Lonend for about 200 yards. I hope it gets a doin at the same time as the Causeyside/CanalSt junction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Hope they do the Junction at The Afton also. Caplethill Road between Paisley and Barrhead, i noticed last night, is a damn disgrace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) Caplethill Road between Paisley and Barrhead, i noticed last night, is a damn disgrace. I was just about to post this as I travel on it every day, when I'm at work. It was totally resurfaced about 3 to 4 years ago and now large sections of tarmac have broken off the surface. With the speed some of the arseholes travel at on that road, someone is going to hit one of these sections on a corner and end up in one of the fields. I know the road suffers from a lot of surface water, but the company that resurfaced it should have factored this into their resurfacing and they should be brought to task. Edited July 16, 2013 by FTOF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Side streets off Netherhill Road and Gallowhill Road getting done today, this is after they part resurfaced Netherhill Road in May. Mind you soon after they did the whole of Gallowhill Road a few years ago (and Arkelston Road to Hillington), British Gas dug a trench the entire length to put in a new pipe ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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