A708 washed away near Grey Mare's Tail

[punyXpress]

http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/download/file.php?id=6652&t=1 (http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/download/file.php?id=6652&mode=view)

Ouch!

[maviczap]

Blimey, can you imagine driving up there in the dark and not seeing it. scary

[punyXpress]

Early Bath?

[JamesMio]

Just up the road from me as I type this, is that. We were on that very same road a week ago to get this photo

http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/479897_240824752727861_865802846_n.jpg

Some of it's in a real state, others have recently been re-surfaced. Here's hoping it's not out of action for too long...

[Sir Trev]

I bet the council would still try to worm out of a claim for damaged wheels though.

[TheRamJam]

gee that's a right mess isn't it...

Going to be closed for a while I imagine :-(

[carelesschucca]

Its an improvement for that motorcross track of a road.

[AJC]

Looks pretty standard for our roads really. They will come along and pour some tar in it then say its fixed...

[peterco]

And the diversion is via blyth bridge ,peebles and innerleithen .
.

[punyXpress]

From D & G Council today:

Dumfries and Galloway Council has received the appropriate permissions to begin remedial works to the A708. The road is closed because it was scoured by the river over the weekend resulting in a section 500 metres north of the Grey Mare's Tail being washed out completely. Plant, equipment and materials will be on site today (Tuesday 16 April) and work will start as soon as possible after that. The work is expected to take around a week to complete and for the road to be open to traffic. The exact timescale will be clearer once work begins.
In the meantime, there is a diversion in place: A708 to Selkirk, A72 Innerleithen/Peebles/Blythe Bridge, A701 Moffat and reverse direction.
Work is already scheduled for this year to repair and strengthen other sections of the A708 as follows:


A708 Hunterheck/Hillend Cottage
A708 Craigieburn Bridge
A708 Shortwoodend to Roundstonefoot
A708 Blackshope to Carrifran
A708 Carrifran to Polmoody
A708 Swine Cleuchs
A708 Polmoody Culvert (culvert replacement)

[fenjer]

Apparently it's going to take falkirk council 24 weeks to replace a bridge.

Its going to be a nightmare.

[TEC]

Apparently it's going to take falkirk council 24 weeks to replace a bridge..
:eek: Which bridge, don't want to be held up even more when going the long way round into work if I know where to avoid 8)

[peterco]

Kerse bridge glensburgh road.

They are replacing the bridge with a lifting bridge, part of the helix project.

[fenjer]

Also here: http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/online/files/news/11814_network_rail_hope_st.pdf

Hope St in Falkirk, near Morrisons.

[TEC]

Cool, far enough away from my (bad weather) route that wouldn't affect me :cool:

[fenjer]

The Glensburgh road one is going to be a nightmare, temp traffic lights for 24 weeks. That road is already bad for traffic at peak times.

[peterco]

A708 should be open by the end of the week,

[punyXpress]

Reopened today - the lads done well!

[JamesMio]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/15242_361327240645602_966747925_n.jpg

Got to admit, that's been much, MUCH quicker than I'd feared - cap duly doffed.

[TEC]

Got to admit, that's been much, MUCH quicker than I'd feared - cap duly doffed.
Yep I thought it would be shut most of the summer too, great to see I was wrong :)