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Culvert work starting

Post by sox8595 » Sat May 27, 2023 1:21 pm

Just noticed that Yorkshire Street is being closed off for the refurbishment of the culvert.
I don't know if the "Sean Dyche way" signs were put up by someone on here but the chances are they will be removed and lost, maybe they could be removed and replaced after the works done?

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by yTib » Sat May 27, 2023 1:27 pm

the culvert isn't even a culvert.

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by bf2k » Sat May 27, 2023 1:30 pm

yTib wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 1:27 pm
the culvert isn't even a culvert.
Annnnndddd????

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by yTib » Sat May 27, 2023 1:32 pm

bf2k wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 1:30 pm
Annnnndddd????
annnnnnndddd it should be renamed the sean dyche loves david fishwick national burnley aquaduct.

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by gawthorpe_view » Sat May 27, 2023 1:33 pm

yTib wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 1:27 pm
the culvert isn't even a culvert.
Perhaps we should rename it 'Sean Dyche - The Aqueduct Way'.
Displayed on an LED Screen, obviously.

:lol:

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by Rileybobs » Sat May 27, 2023 3:03 pm

It’s a good point, why is it actually called the Culvert?

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by ClaretTony » Sat May 27, 2023 3:26 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 3:03 pm
It’s a good point, why is it actually called the Culvert?
Strange one. It’s not a culvert but has always beleben called the culvert.

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by FigSlice » Sat May 27, 2023 4:23 pm

The “Culvert” dates from 1796, but rebuilt over the years to cope with increasing traffic. Strictly speaking it’s an aqueduct, but perhaps it was named The Culvert as a joke, which stuck. Rather than water it allowed traffic to pass under the canal.

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by Clarets4me » Sat May 27, 2023 6:58 pm

Let's hope it gets a good sandblast/jet wash whatever it is, it's a eyesore .....

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by gawthorpe_view » Sat May 27, 2023 7:08 pm

It will be open for pedestrians but not vehicles.

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by Oshkoshclaret » Sat May 27, 2023 7:41 pm

A road running under a canal is correctly called a culvert. Another example is the Medina Culvert that runs under the Erie Canal.
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Post by basil6345789 » Sat May 27, 2023 8:11 pm

yTib wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 1:27 pm
the culvert isn't even a culvert.
It's a tervluc

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by dougcollins » Sat May 27, 2023 8:12 pm

Oshkoshclaret wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 7:41 pm
A road running under a canal is correctly called a culvert. Another example is the Medina Culvert that runs under the Erie Canal.
That's how I understand it.

The bit that carries the water over the top is the aquaduct.

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by Bin Ont Turf » Sat May 27, 2023 8:53 pm

Oshkoshclaret wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 7:41 pm
A road running under a canal is correctly called a culvert.
I'm not sure that is strictly true.

But it's called the culvert and there's no problem with that. 8-)

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by Rileybobs » Sat May 27, 2023 8:55 pm

I ain’t never heard the word culvert used to describe a road.

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by Bin Ont Turf » Sat May 27, 2023 9:01 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 8:55 pm
I ain’t never heard the word culvert used to describe a road.
We're Burnley, we're barmy we're off our f***ing heads.
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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by Roosterbooster » Sat May 27, 2023 9:02 pm

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/couvert#French

From the French "couvert" meaning covered
So it kinda works

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by RickyBobby » Sat May 27, 2023 9:10 pm

Back in the good old days
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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by bfcjg » Sat May 27, 2023 9:15 pm

https://civiltoday.com/construction/bri ... stallation
I'm sure I once heard from a bloke who was told by a bloke who's great great great great etc grandad worked on the canal banking for the straight mile that a stream had to be diverted underground to flow into the Calder near what is now Tescos or the straight mile banking near Yorkshire st would have been scarified.
Same bloke also told me about the time Ole Gunnar Solskjær was spotted at Gawthorpe so it must be true.

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by Steddyman » Sat May 27, 2023 9:24 pm

RickyBobby wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 9:10 pm
Back in the good old days
Great picture. I have a vague memory of it being like that, but not sure if it was in my time or not. When was it widened to the way it is now?

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by NewClaret » Sat May 27, 2023 9:30 pm

Wow. How times have regressed.

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by Loyalclaret » Sat May 27, 2023 9:32 pm

How far did the tram go up Brunshaw Road away from town?

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Post by bfcjg » Sat May 27, 2023 9:34 pm

I'd love a pair of Lambsey and Dig Dag stockings. ( for my wife you understand)

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by gawthorpe_view » Sat May 27, 2023 9:51 pm

bfcjg wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 9:34 pm
I'd love a pair of Lambsey and Dig Dag stockings. ( for my wife you understand)
No longer available unfortunately.
(According to a very brief Google search).

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by Jamesy » Sat May 27, 2023 9:54 pm

Steddyman wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 9:24 pm
Great picture. I have a vague memory of it being like that, but not sure if it was in my time or not. When was it widened to the way it is now?
Must have been a big job when it was widened. Probably had to drain the canal along the golden mile to do it. Fantastic engineering feat the golden mile, one of the canal wonders of the world.

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by NewClaret » Sat May 27, 2023 9:58 pm

Anyone know what’s actually happening with the culvert? Really hoping this refurb involves it being painted claret & blue?

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Post by martin_p » Sat May 27, 2023 10:07 pm

Jamesy wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 9:54 pm
Must have been a big job when it was widened. Probably had to drain the canal along the golden mile to do it. Fantastic engineering feat the golden mile, one of the canal wonders of the world.
Don’t know why it’s called the golden mile, it’s not made of gold.

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by Rileybobs » Sat May 27, 2023 10:08 pm

NewClaret wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 9:58 pm
Anyone know what’s actually happening with the culvert? Really hoping this refurb involves it being painted claret & blue?
Apparently they're diverting a drain under it so that it will finally be described in the correct terminology.
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Post by RickyBobby » Sat May 27, 2023 10:14 pm

Steddyman wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 9:24 pm
Great picture. I have a vague memory of it being like that, but not sure if it was in my time or not. When was it widened to the way it is now?
1926 the new bridge was built.

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Post by Whitgord » Sat May 27, 2023 10:49 pm

The sign on the old photo says “drive slowly through culvert”. This suggests that back then it was the road/tramway tunnel that was the culvert.

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Post by RickyBobby » Sat May 27, 2023 11:05 pm

RickyBobby wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 10:14 pm
1926 the new bridge was built.
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Post by Clarets4me » Sat May 27, 2023 11:37 pm

NewClaret wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 9:58 pm
Anyone know what’s actually happening with the culvert? Really hoping this refurb involves it being painted claret & blue?
https://burnley.gov.uk/business/economi ... wn-2-turf/

Full details above, and yes, they are cleaning the stonework and repainting the Ironwork on the " culvert " ... it's known as the " Straight mile ", not the " Golden Mile " ...

All sorts of arguments about whether it's the best use of £6.1m to be spent in Burnley, but it's from the Government's " Levelling up " fund so the Council had to bid for it, and I'd rather it be spent in Burnley than any where else. The same fund has given a £3.48m grant to update Colne Municipal Hall, Pendle Hippodrome and Colne's Little Theatre ...

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Re: Culvert work starting

Post by Steddyman » Sat May 27, 2023 11:43 pm

RickyBobby wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 10:14 pm
1926 the new bridge was built.
Thanks, I'm not that old. I think I must be remembering the mens toilets under the bridge that they closed.

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Post by Jakubclaret » Sat May 27, 2023 11:56 pm

Clarets4me wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 11:37 pm
https://burnley.gov.uk/business/economi ... wn-2-turf/

Full details above, and yes, they are cleaning the stonework and repainting the Ironwork on the " culvert " ... it's known as the " Straight mile ", not the " Golden Mile " ...

All sorts of arguments about whether it's the best use of £6.1m to be spent in Burnley, but it's from the Government's " Levelling up " fund so the Council had to bid for it, and I'd rather it be spent in Burnley than any where else. The same fund has given a £3.48m grant to update Colne Municipal Hall, Pendle Hippodrome and Colne's Little Theatre ...
On the odd summer night once upon a time it could have been known as the curry mile with some anglers ordering takeaways & munching on kebabs & other items to keep them sustained before darkness fell, you can easily collect takeaways or they'll even deliver to the canal with the carpark nearby.

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Post by mdd2 » Sun May 28, 2023 8:07 am

Oxford dictionary
A tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railway

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Post by No Ney Never » Sun May 28, 2023 8:56 am

They should have large screens attached constantly showing Burnley highlights but with some advertising to cover the cost.
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Post by NewClaret » Sun May 28, 2023 9:03 am

Clarets4me wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 11:37 pm
https://burnley.gov.uk/business/economi ... wn-2-turf/

Full details above, and yes, they are cleaning the stonework and repainting the Ironwork on the " culvert " ... it's known as the " Straight mile ", not the " Golden Mile " ...

All sorts of arguments about whether it's the best use of £6.1m to be spent in Burnley, but it's from the Government's " Levelling up " fund so the Council had to bid for it, and I'd rather it be spent in Burnley than any where else. The same fund has given a £3.48m grant to update Colne Municipal Hall, Pendle Hippodrome and Colne's Little Theatre ...
Thanks. Really hope the repainting incorporates claret and blue.

I take your point on the spend. For me personally I’d have rather seen the money spent on removing the roundabout - which will presumably turn it in to a concrete and tarmac jungle - being spent refreshing and reinstating the shop fronts up that stretch to the turf.

You can have great public realm, street furniture and the like, but if the buildings are poorly maintained it’s not a good look.

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Post by ClaretTony » Sun May 28, 2023 9:08 am

NewClaret wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 9:58 pm
Anyone know what’s actually happening with the culvert? Really hoping this refurb involves it being painted claret & blue?
It’s part of the Town2Turf project - to say it’s being cleaned up is probably understating it. It definitely isn’t being painted claret & blue.

Harry Potts Way is also closed for a few weeks from a week tomorrow (Harry Pots Way according to the signs. The pavement on the football ground side needs doing and they will be installing the automatic bollards in the road.

Project in total is 18 months which includes the removal of the Keirby roundabout with traffic lights being installed.

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Post by wilks_bfc » Sun May 28, 2023 9:32 am

Is all that really costing £6.1m? :shock:

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Post by ClaretTony » Sun May 28, 2023 9:36 am

wilks_bfc wrote:
Sun May 28, 2023 9:32 am
Is all that really costing £6.1m? :shock:
Apparently so. There is a lot involved with it.

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Post by taio » Sun May 28, 2023 9:38 am

wilks_bfc wrote:
Sun May 28, 2023 9:32 am
Is all that really costing £6.1m? :shock:
Not a great deal of funding in the grand scheme of things. I'm sure it'll look much better when completed.

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Post by NewClaret » Sun May 28, 2023 9:39 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Sun May 28, 2023 9:08 am
It’s part of the Town2Turf project - to say it’s being cleaned up is probably understating it. It definitely isn’t being painted claret & blue.

Harry Potts Way is also closed for a few weeks from a week tomorrow (Harry Pots Way according to the signs. The pavement on the football ground side needs doing and they will be installing the automatic bollards in the road.

Project in total is 18 months which includes the removal of the Keirby roundabout with traffic lights being installed.
The above link does say that the ironwork is being painted though Tony, I’m just hoping in the right colour scheme :D

Automatic bollards will be a much-needed improvement. Not a fan of the roundabout idea as posted above, feel that will just make things worse and I’m not a fan of chopping down trees generally!

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Post by Big Vinny K » Sun May 28, 2023 9:42 am

RickyBobby wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 11:05 pm
Is that Claret Tony I can see near the bridge with his hat on and quill pen and parchment writing that weekends edition of Up The Clarets ?

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Post by Loyalclaret » Sun May 28, 2023 10:02 am

Someone may correct this but I read it as the £6.1m is part of a bigger project across town
"The overall package includes three projects:

Expansion of the Canalside University Campus
An upgrade to Manchester Road Railway Station
Town 2 Turf
All three schemes will be connected by off-road, canal-side cycling provision
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https://burnley.gov.uk/business/economi ... wn-2-turf/

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Post by ClaretTony » Sun May 28, 2023 10:05 am

NewClaret wrote:
Sun May 28, 2023 9:39 am
The above link does say that the ironwork is being painted though Tony, I’m just hoping in the right colour scheme :D

Automatic bollards will be a much-needed improvement. Not a fan of the roundabout idea as posted above, feel that will just make things worse and I’m not a fan of chopping down trees generally!
I wasn't aware that it was being painted - it is a mess now though and water leaking down, that's going to be repaired. The automatic bollards will be a huge improvement on the farcical thing we have now at either end of Harry Potts Way every match day. By the time they've got it in place, it's time to take it away again.

The roundabout does look strange with the trees gone, and I agree with you on that, but they will be more planted to compensate. The whole traffic light system is changing to incorporate those near Tesco, the new ones where the roundabout is and at the Wellington. They must have examined it enough to know it will improve the situation. What will improve is the fact that the horrible underpass across Centenary Way will be blocked off.

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Post by gawthorpe_view » Sun May 28, 2023 10:33 am

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All three schemes will be connected by off-road, canal-side cycling provision
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https://burnley.gov.uk/business/economi ... wn-2-turf/
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The section of the canal towpath from Healey Warf to the Mitre has been resurfaced with very loose gravel, there are signs instructing cyclists to dismount.
Very difficult for those with young children in pushchairs, I'd guess also very challenging for wheelchair users.
Which goes contrary to what the Council are implying.

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Post by NewClaret » Sun May 28, 2023 10:38 am

gawthorpe_view wrote:
Sun May 28, 2023 10:33 am

The section of the canal towpath from Healey Warf to the Mitre has been resurfaced with very loose gravel, there are signs instructing cyclists to dismount.
Very difficult for those with young children in pushchairs, I'd guess also very challenging for wheelchair users.
Which goes contrary to what the Council are implying.
Has that part of the upgrade started? I assumed that’s be last. Or is your point that it has and the surfacing isn’t ideal?

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Post by NewClaret » Sun May 28, 2023 10:47 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Sun May 28, 2023 10:05 am
The roundabout does look strange with the trees gone, and I agree with you on that, but they will be more planted to compensate. The whole traffic light system is changing to incorporate those near Tesco, the new ones where the roundabout is and at the Wellington. They must have examined it enough to know it will improve the situation. What will improve is the fact that the horrible underpass across Centenary Way will be blocked off.
Very pleased to hear about new trees being planted. I’m a big tree fan!

Remain to be convinced on the traffic changes but will give credit where it’s due if they get it right. My main point is that changes to road systems are so expensive - I’d have just much preferred it spent refurbishing and upgrading the buildings along that stretch. That would’ve had a much greater impact on the area imo.

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Post by Zom Zom » Sun May 28, 2023 10:49 am

NewClaret wrote:
Sun May 28, 2023 9:39 am
The above link does say that the ironwork is being painted though Tony, I’m just hoping in the right colour scheme :D

Automatic bollards will be a much-needed improvement. Not a fan of the roundabout idea as posted above, feel that will just make things worse and I’m not a fan of chopping down trees generally!
Regards the roundabout, anything must be better than the current situation. Absolutely grid-locked at times. It was probably ideal when initially constructed, but the sheer level of traffic that passes there must surely be 100 times greater. Not just match days, busy shopping times, school runs. There's been occasions when I have wanted to turn off at St. Peter's and had to miss the exit due to the nature of the traffic and not being able to bear left.

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Post by ClaretTony » Sun May 28, 2023 10:50 am

NewClaret wrote:
Sun May 28, 2023 10:47 am
Very pleased to hear about new trees being planted. I’m a big tree fan!

Remain to be convinced on the traffic changes but will give credit where it’s due if they get it right. My main point is that changes to road systems are so expensive - I’d have just much preferred it spent refurbishing and upgrading the buildings along that stretch. That would’ve had a much greater impact on the area imo.
They can't spend money on buildings given they are privately owned.
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