
Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 1 of 11 Thu 29th Aug 2013 2:21pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5606 I mentioned recently on another thread about the city boundary marker on Stonebridge Highway and whether there were any plans in place to safeguard its future during the major redevelopment work on the Toll Bar End junction (official title!), for which preliminary work has recently commenced and completion date is 2016
This morning I visited the junction - here is the boundary marker, with preliminary work clearly taking place behind it
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Midland Red Thread starter | 2 of 11 Thu 29th Aug 2013 2:22pm |
PhilipInCoventry | 3 of 11 Thu 29th Aug 2013 3:58pm |
artful lancashire All posts by this member | 4 of 11 Fri 30th Aug 2013 7:37pm Member: Joined Sep 2011 Total posts:139 Well done Midland Red---A true act of kindness and a true community spirit. |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 5 of 11 Sat 31st Aug 2013 6:54pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2870 Good work Red.... in both cases! Hope the council has taken heed of the marker |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member Thread starter | 6 of 11 Wed 30th Oct 2013 10:32pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5606 1. As reported in another thread, both boundary markers - Stonebridge Highway and London Road - have been removed - are they safe? ![]() ![]() |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 7 of 11 Wed 13th Nov 2013 4:33pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 I have recently been in contact with the Highways Agency regarding the whereabouts of these boundary markers and they assure me that they are in the safe keeping of Coventry City Council and will be reinstated following the road works.
I am now waiting for assurances from Coventry City Council that they do have them stored in a safe place. I'll come back and let members know just as soon as I have an answer ![]() |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 8 of 11 Wed 20th Nov 2013 2:52pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 I have just received an assurance from Coventry City Council that both boundary markers are indeed stored in a safe place and will be re-instated once the works have been completed ![]() |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member Thread starter | 9 of 11 Mon 26th Oct 2015 5:08pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5606 Telegraph report - Tollbar Island roadworks face delays due to problem with concrete |
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mickw nuneaton All posts by this member | 10 of 11 Tue 27th Oct 2015 9:58am Member: Joined Oct 2013 Total posts:439 I worked on the Eastern Bypass in the late 80s and I remember looking at the drawing of the whole job which covered a full wall of the on site planning office which showed an underpass and flyover at Toll bar end I recall saying at the time that it would cause some chaos when we start that the chief engineer said don't worry it's been cancelled by the ministry it's too expensive and an island will do he then said they'll probably build it in 10 or 20 years at ten times the price when they realise that an island can't cope with the volume of traffic how right that engineer was. ![]() |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 11 of 11 Thu 27th Oct 2016 7:09am Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 Just reading that the work on Tollbar island is, at long long last, coming to fruition.
Not wanting to sound defeatist, but I do seriously wonder whether the changes made here will actually resolve the queuing issues we’ve had for years.
I recall on my almost daily visits to UHCW, quite quickly getting past the island at Tollbar, turning left onto the A46 Eastern Bypass, travelling about 100 yards and coming to an abrupt halt in a queue of traffic that crawled all the way to the island at the A428/Rugby Road (TFI/Cocked Hat).
So the question I’d like to ask is - “What will have changed?”
We are so used to blaming the roadworks at Tollbar for holdups (and who wouldn’t?) but in reality once it opens I don’t believe anything will have changed. All that will happen is we will have moved the bottleneck a mile further along the road resulting in queues once again spreading back to Tollbar island! |
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