A20 road works update
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
15 May 2016 07:41313630new road lay out as from Monday.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/traffic-scheme-forces-part-closure-95907/ - 16 May 2016 09:16313668From email received at work:
[U]FRANCE – TRANSPORT STRIKE STARTING 22:00HRS 16 MAY 2016
Unfortunately we currently have no further information as to the format in which the strike that will start on Monday 16th May at 22:00hrs, immediately after the driving restrictions have finished, as the 16th is a holiday.
A General Strike has been called for the 17th May, which the hauliers strike will roll into. Unions involved are CGT, Fidl, FO, FSU, SUD, Solidaires & UNEF UNL.
It is likely that there will be road blocks over Monday night, as this seems to be the norm. However, where they will be is unknown and how long this strike will last is also unknown. It is in response to the proposed new labour rules on wages.
[/U] - 16 May 2016 14:55313672Update
[U]FRANCE – STRIKE ACTION - UPDATE
Further to last week’s newsflashes advising of strike action by various unions over changes to pay schemes, this is the latest information we have.
Transport (haulage) unions start tonight, Monday 16th May at 22:00hrs, immediately after the driving restrictions have finished.
A General Strike has been called for the 17th May, which the hauliers strike will roll into. Unions involved are CGT, Fidl, FO, FSU, SUD, Solidaires & UNEF UNL.
Further action has been announced for the 18th May – by SNCF (French Rail union) and also another General strike for the 19th May.
Some unions have called for rolling stoppages starting tomorrow that could hit cross-Channel services, but at the moment P&O expects to be running normally.
A useful website is http://www.cestlagreve.fr/ It gives all the strike actions taking place in France. If you paste into Google Chrome you can get a translation
[/U] - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
16 May 2016 15:07313673good god not another one,the A20 is already in chaos as it is.caused by a bottle neck at limekiln roundabout. - 21 May 2016 11:54313839This should cheer a few people up.
http://www.dover-express.co.uk/Highways-bosses-review-hated-A20-40mph-limit/story-29288296-detail/story.html - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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21 May 2016 14:16313843that's fine,but when they get to limekiln roundabout it becomes 30 mph through the road works.most days it creeps along there at 10 mph or less. - 24 May 2016 07:58313910I think this did not help last night trying to get to the cruise terminal was a nightmare +all the potholes in the road once you got there.
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
26 May 2016 08:33313966coming home on the 0735 bus from pencester road,well got far as the bp garage an elderly lady driving a car got in the wrong lane removed a fence barrier and drove through the gap towards the roundabout they are working on. - 24 January 2017 12:30323817http://www.kentlive.news/plans-to-scrap-the-40mph-speed-limit-on-the-a20-have-been-delayed/story-30082027-detail/story.html
Highways England has delayed a plan to scrap the despised 40mph speed limit on the A20 between the Roundhill Tunnel and Aycliffe in Dover.
The government body originally pledged to install a variable speed limit on the busy A-road by March 2017.
This would allow motorists to drive at the national speed limit, apart from at exceptionally busy times.
However, drivers will now face more months of sluggish speeds after Highways England said it would not be ready until June. - Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
24 January 2017 13:10323820Being a cynic maybe they are after more money by way of speeding fines.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1 February 2017 15:06324121I understand that the road works are due to finish this weekend and all systems should be go, assuming the new traffic lights work properly.Lew Finnis
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
1 February 2017 16:06324122lets be not to hopefull after the December reopening date - 1 February 2017 18:47324128Information from a Snargate Street business who have been told by the contractors that both carriageways should be in use by Saturday and the lights on Sunday. Fingers crossed!Jan Higgins likes thisLew Finnis
- 1 February 2017 19:02324130Shouldn't the lights be working before they open the roads?
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
4 February 2017 14:43324178the A20 now fully open with working traffic lights,no real problems as such.howard mcsweeney1 likes this - Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
8 February 2017 07:32324219I've driven along Snargate Street several times now since Saturday and each time I've been stopped at the Union Street junction. I can only assume that the lights are on "timed" as they change to red for no apparent reason i.e. nothing coming out off or going into Union Street.
This is worse than the roundabouts.
TerryQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - 8 February 2017 09:26324220They are described as "INTELLIGENT" Traffic Lights.
- 8 February 2017 10:04324221Terry is right, it's not working as it probably should. Hopefully someone can adjust the switch to alter the traffic light timings.
- Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
8 February 2017 10:30324222FWIW they should be running on inductive-loop traffic detectors to change lights (though once changed will be on timer to get traffic through). Needs 'tweaking'."The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - 8 February 2017 10:33324223I have heard second-hand from one of the lights installers, that if one set of lights along the A20 is red, then they all will be red.