No sign of Culvert work being completed

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:47 pm

As of today, looks a mile away from this pic.

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mikeS · Post by **mikeS** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:54 pm

Traffic in Burnleys horrendous today.
Just spent half an hour getting from the Prarie to the town centre.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 2:11 pm

mikeS wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:54 pm
Traffic in Burnleys horrendous today.
Just spent half an hour getting from the Prarie to the town centre.

Being caused by the Culvert as per the pic Mike

The Shire Claret · Post by **The Shire Claret** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 2:40 pm

Burnley is getting nearly as bad as Rossendale for traffic ...... and that's saying something

hopefully all for the better in the end

giveusaB · Post by **giveusaB** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 3:09 pm

It’s awful trying to get around Burnley at the moment.Had to do some errands this morning which should have taken 30/40 mins….2 bloody hours!
The culvert to turf is still one way then there’s the 3 way lights near Aldi on Tod rd.Furthur up Tod rd there’s bollards limiting it to just 1 lane out of town near the golf club entrance.
Gonna be fun tomorrow!

mikeS · Post by **mikeS** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 3:20 pm

Coming out of the centre going up Westgate, there's a road works sign opposite the Nissan dealer then cones blocking off the near side lane up to the lights. Slowing down the traffic coming out of tow.

But no roadworks going on. Cross the lights again no roadworks going up to Gannow Top.
Absolutely unnecessary.

Ightenhill_Claret · Post by **Ightenhill_Claret** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 3:35 pm

It’s an absolute shitshow round town. Went down to the club shop to pick up one of last season’s home shirts and it took me an age to get there!

summitclaret · Post by **summitclaret** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 3:48 pm

I can't believe that the footway work in Yorkshire Street can't be done whilst keeping 2 way traffic. Just needs a bit of thought and more flexibility about fencing signing.

Longsidelenny1882 · Post by **Longsidelenny1882** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 3:49 pm

After studying the picture from above be very surprised if ready this side of Christmas

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 4:21 pm

When is/was it supposed to be finished?

HuncoatClaret · Post by **HuncoatClaret** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 4:23 pm

The 3 way lights at the junction of Parliament St and Todmorden Rd are horrendous and we're scheduled to be finished yesterday (Thursday). At dinner time today they were still there with tailbacks up & down Tod Rd and traffic struggling to get out of Towneley. On top of that, no trains only replacement buses tomorrow.

Stevie2112 · Post by **Stevie2112** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 4:48 pm

Spoke to one of the guys working on there,he said it would be ready for the start of next season.

giveusaB · Post by **giveusaB** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 5:08 pm

Only another set of 25 roadworks to begin around Burnley & Padiham next week!

https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/tra ... 355VpsJdSU

Florian · Post by **Florian** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 5:14 pm

I dont think ive seen any1 work on it since the roundabout went

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 5:29 pm

Had a long running thread on here about roadworks. Since they started the work on the rose grove unity junction 4/5 years ago it’s been horrendous with lights popping up almost daily.

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 5:33 pm

summitclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 24, 2023 3:48 pm
I can't believe that the footway work in Yorkshire Street can't be done whilst keeping 2 way traffic. Just needs a bit of thought and more flexibility about fencing signing.

British building and road works are embarrassing, need heavy fines put into contracts, you can go days/weeks without anything being done, how is that good planning, winds me up

summitclaret · Post by **summitclaret** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 5:40 pm

I think there is adequate legislation. The issue is how LCC enforce it.

Sozturf7 · Post by **Sozturf7** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 5:59 pm

summitclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 24, 2023 3:48 pm
I can't believe that the footway work in Yorkshire Street can't be done whilst keeping 2 way traffic. Just needs a bit of thought and more flexibility about fencing signing.

Absolutely spot on.

Bullabill · Post by **Bullabill** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 10:20 pm

How did the tram get off the tracks?

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:50 am

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:47 pm
As of today, looks a mile away from this pic.

Culvert Work.jpg

any idea when that pic was taken ?

Clovius Boofus · Post by **Clovius Boofus** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:47 am

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:50 am
any idea when that pic was taken ?

Circa 1926.

https://redrosecollections.lancashire.g ... 0901826996

Culmclaret · Post by **Culmclaret** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:24 am

Good chance that my great grandfather is in that photo. He was foreman in the engineering dept of the Burnley Corporation Tramways.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:28 am

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:50 am
any idea when that pic was taken ?

23 September 2023

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:52 pm

I don’t know. Folk complain about the potholes and general state of disrepair of our roads and then complain when the workmen turn up to fix it.

bfcmik · Post by **bfcmik** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:04 pm

karatekid wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:52 pm
I don’t know. Folk complain about the potholes and general state of disrepair of our roads and then complain when the workmen turn up to fix it.

Or turn up to install the safety fences and lane closures then disappear til next year!

summitclaret · Post by **summitclaret** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:01 pm

Having walked through today. Absolutely no need for one way traffic on Yorkshire Street.

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:03 pm

There's a lot of road rage about because of this ridiculous vanity project.

steveb178 · Post by **steveb178** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:19 pm

Ive heard there gonna be roadworks around eastern avenue and casternton christmas till feb

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:33 pm

I think that picture is fake. There are men working, so it can't be real.

burnleymik · Post by **burnleymik** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:38 pm

It's absolutely awful. Getting across town takes an age. At least last time they restricted the right turn at the bottom of Omerod Road. They haven't done it this time, and given Yorkshire Street is closed towards town and Parliament Street has the 3 ways lights on the roundabout it has all equated in absolute mayhem.

It all looks like a huge failure in foresight and planning. The sooner they get this sorted, the better.

MT03ALG · Post by **MT03ALG** » Sun Nov 26, 2023 12:28 am

Thank Heaven for the back road from Trawden via Briercliffe and Worsthorne to the Turf

Swizzlestick · Post by **Swizzlestick** » Sun Nov 26, 2023 12:49 am

Couldn’t believe how bad it was still, today. What on earth is going on? So dangerous for fans.

Claretitus · Post by **Claretitus** » Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:07 am

JohnMac wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:03 pm
There's a lot of road rage about because of this ridiculous vanity project.

Absolutely spot on. Just what is all this Town to Turf about anyway? Putting in new paving slabs, smart new tarmac road - it’ll still be one of the biggest eyesores in East Lancs, with rundown buildings operating as chicken shops, taxi offices, take-aways etc etc. As the old saying goes, you can’t polish a turd.

Jamesy · Post by **Jamesy** » Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:25 am

Claretitus wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:07 am
Absolutely spot on. Just what is all this Town to Turf about anyway? Putting in new paving slabs, smart new tarmac road - it’ll still be one of the biggest eyesores in East Lancs, with rundown buildings operating as chicken shops, taxi offices, take-aways etc etc. As the old saying goes, you can’t polish a turd.

You can’t polish a turd. But you can roll it in glitter!

atlantalad · Post by **atlantalad** » Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:48 am

dsr wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:33 pm
I think that picture is fake. There are men working, so it can't be real.

I don’t think it’s fake at all. The workers are doing the same as they do today. All persons, with the exception of the workers and Young chap caught by curiosity, are blurred showing they are in motion. Workers stood still talking and contemplating who’s turn is it for the shovel full or Burnley’s home form.

Roger1960 · Post by **Roger1960** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 2:07 pm

I wish to congratulate the b*****d supporter who authorises road work permits at LCC his ambition to totally gridlock Burnley is almost complete, the never ending culvert works together with the works at the todmorden road/ parliament st junction have today been joined by T lights at the mitre and the net result is an almost total inability to get anywhere in town. If I am doing the works planner a cruel disservice and they don’t support Blackburn I apologise it’s just that they are monumentally incompetent instead. Just what the towns already struggling retailers need a month before Christmas

ClaretsPadiham · Post by **ClaretsPadiham** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 2:31 pm

Biggest waste of 6 million ever.

Clovius Boofus · Post by **Clovius Boofus** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:29 pm

ClaretsPadiham wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 28, 2023 2:31 pm
Biggest waste of 6 million ever.

This is our so-called Levelling Up - spent on something that didn't have to be changed, apart from the resurfacing work at the Tod Rd junction, and this should have been done years ago by LCC.

There was nothing wrong with the roundabout - it kept the traffic flowing. In fact, the trees were the only aesthetically pleasing thing in the area around the Keirby. Couldn't believe it when they were chopped down. Also, they were felled 12 months before the work started - disgraceful.

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:37 pm

Burnley is in dire need of this kind of investment.

The town is hampered not only by bad architecture but also bad town planning.

The amount of traffic that is routed through the town is shocking. Burnley is a small town. The last thing it needs is traffic going through it. It needs to have traffic routed around it and for journeys into the town to be about the town itself being a worthy final destination. These journeys ought to be ideally either by foot, cycle or public transport.

It doesn't need dual carriage ways and it doesn't need any more roads. It needs good public transport going in and out of town (including cycle lanes) and it needs the traffic that is currently routed through the centre to be re-directed around the outskirts.

This work is a step in the right direction but it will only work if all the other aspects are put together.

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:34 pm

Rowls wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:37 pm
Burnley is in dire need of this kind of investment.

The town is hampered not only by bad architecture but also bad town planning.

The amount of traffic that is routed through the town is shocking. Burnley is a small town. The last thing it needs is traffic going through it. It needs to have traffic routed around it and for journeys into the town to be about the town itself being a worthy final destination. These journeys ought to be ideally either by foot, cycle or public transport.

It doesn't need dual carriage ways and it doesn't need any more roads. It needs good public transport going in and out of town (including cycle lanes) and it needs the traffic that is currently routed through the centre to be re-directed around the outskirts.

This work is a step in the right direction but it will only work if all the other aspects are put together.

What is actually happening doesn't address any of the issues you mention.

Ptangyangkipperbang · Post by **Ptangyangkipperbang** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:57 pm

I was diverted off Padiham bypass about 12ish today went down Barden lane and into town I could not believe the sheer volume of traffic with added roadworks causing sheer mayhem.I was 5 mins from home and it ended up taking me an hour there's absolute no chance I will be going into town for the foreseeable future

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:12 pm

People I work with are driving to Brierfield from town to get back to the Tim Bobbin area! Let that sink in

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:46 pm

dougcollins wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:34 pm
What is actually happening doesn't address any of the issues you mention.

It's addressing one of the issues - making the town centre more pedestrian friendly.

But your point stands - it's not enough on its own. It's needs a LOT of money spending on it over a number of years co-ordinated to a coherent long term plan for the town.

Florian · Post by **Florian** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:51 pm

Absolute **** show town traffic now

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 6:06 pm

Just took me 50 minutes to drive from Ightenhill to Praire, it’s about 3 miles, i complain at the usual 25 minutes around rush hour but that was painful

mikeS · Post by **mikeS** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 6:28 pm

Quicker to go Gannow Top to Brierfield on the motorway to get to that side of town at the moment.

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:23 pm

The Shire Claret wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 24, 2023 2:40 pm
Burnley is getting nearly as bad as Rossendale for traffic ...... and that's saying something

hopefully all for the better in the end

Absolutely NOWHERE in the entire world is as bad as Rossendale for roadworks!!!

Royboyclaret · Post by **Royboyclaret** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:24 pm

Ptangyangkipperbang wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:57 pm
I was diverted off Padiham bypass about 12ish today went down Barden lane and into town I could not believe the sheer volume of traffic with added roadworks causing sheer mayhem.I was 5 mins from home and it ended up taking me an hour there's absolute no chance I will be going into town for the foreseeable future

Be forever grateful your detour took only one hour out of your life......others were not so fortunate.

The consequences of today's "accident" left me physically sick. A mixture of the A6068 and the low sun are a toxic mix......Be aware.

Ptangyangkipperbang · Post by **Ptangyangkipperbang** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 8:12 pm

Royboyclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:24 pm
Be forever grateful your detour took only one hour out of your life......others were not so fortunate.

The consequences of today's "accident" left me physically sick. A mixture of the A6068 and the low sun are a toxic mix......Be aware.

Sorry was not aware of any serious accident but I was just saying the state of affairs of the town centre traffic.I do a lot of motorway driving and have seen countless accidents in my time the most recent being the one on the M66 near Bury earlier this year and always think its better to beheld up than involved in a crash

Royboyclaret · Post by **Royboyclaret** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 8:18 pm

Ptangyangkipperbang wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 28, 2023 8:12 pm
Sorry was not aware of any serious accident but I was just saying the state of affairs of the town centre traffic.I do a lot of motorway driving and have seen countless accidents in my time the most recent being the one on the M66 near Bury earlier this year and always think its better to beheld up than involved in a crash

No worries, Ptang.......Sometimes it helps to get things in perspective.

The A6068 can be absolutely lethal, particularly at a certain time of the day and the low lying sun.