King George Ave Fwd: NO ACTION BY HOLDFAST COUNCIL TO REMOVE HAZARD

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From: Road Repair Australia <roadrepair@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 30, 2008 12:12 AM
Subject: NO ACTION BY HOLDFAST COUNCIL TO REMOVE HAZARD
To: mail@holdfast.sa.gov.au

See attached images

See also http://www.roadrepair.blogspot.com/

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From: Road Repair Australia <roadrepair@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 18, 2008 10:04 PM
Subject: Fwd: Hazard, King George St, 9999ea
To: mail@holdfast.sa.gov.au
Cc: roadrepair@gmail.com


Hello again

Further to the previous email this hazard is now more serious.

Many students will be using this bike lane from Monday and the hazard will "trip" a bike up, causing the rider to fall into the path of vehicles.

All repairs to the road need to have the bollards remain in place until the bitumen is reinstated.

Please contact me regarding the action the council it taking to remove this hazard and prevent re-occurance with other kerbing repair jobs.

Thanks and regards

Administrator
www.roadrepair.wikispaces.com

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From: Road Repair Australia <roadrepair@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 18, 2008 12:32 PM
Subject: Hazard, King George St, 9999ea
To: mail@holdfast.sa.gov.au
Cc: roadrepair@gmail.com

Hello

Attached is a serious hazard for your attention.

There is a high risk of injury to cyclists.

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Administrator
http://www.roadrepair.wikispaces.com/

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Fwd: Hazard, King George St, 9999ea

Hello again

 

Further to the previous email this hazard is now more serious.

 

Many students will be using this bike lane from Monday and the hazard will "trip" a bike up, causing the rider to fall into the path of vehicles.

 

All repairs to the road need to have the bollards remain in place until the bitumen is reinstated.

 

Please contact me regarding the action the council it taking to remove this hazard and prevent re-occurance with other kerbing repair jobs.

Thanks and regards

 

Administrator
www.roadrepair.wikispaces.com

 

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From: Road Repair Australia <roadrepair@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 18, 2008 12:32 PM
Subject: Hazard, King George St, 9999ea
To: mail@holdfast.sa.gov.au
Cc: roadrepair@gmail.com

 

Hello

 

Attached is a serious hazard for your attention.

 

There is a high risk of injury to cyclists.

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Regards

Administrator
www.roadrepair.wikispaces.com

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Regards

Administrator
www.roadrepair.wikispaces.com

Hazard, Partridge St, 10090ea

Hello

 

Attached is a hazard for your attention.

 

Both cyclists and pedestrians are at risk of a fall or injury from impact.

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Regards

Administrator
www.roadrepair.wikispaces.com

Hazard, King George St, 9999ea

Hello

 

Attached is a serious hazard for your attention.

 

There is a high risk of injury to cyclists.

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Regards

Administrator
www.roadrepair.wikispaces.com

Morphett Rd service covers - Cnr Diagonal rd and Oaklands crossing

The issue is that they were reported to the Department of Transport 23 Jan 2008 and no action has been made at 16 July 2008.

Correspondence to/from Cloe Fox MP (Member for Bright) and a log of this issue is posted at

http://roadrepair.wikispaces.com/issue-sa_20080123_morphett_diag

Article - Call to improve access for bicycles in Adelaide

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,,23970924-5006336,00.html

Link to article - Call to improve access for bicycles in Adelaide

ALL across the globe, forward-thinking city planners and prescient civic
leaders are seeing the light.

Road surface Intervention Criteria - cyclists

Road surface faults that exceed 20mm in depth or height are a hazard to cyclists. In addition to the risk associated with impact, a cyclist that swerves to avoid impact is at high risk of collision from a vehicle that did not expect the manoeuvre by the cyclist.

Any fault in the road surface from the kerb, to approx 2.5 metres out (being the path a cyclist takes passing a parked vehicle) is a hazard to cyclist.

Below are photos taken outside 76 Winston Ave (Melrose Park). This is a “Bikeway”. There are two service covers, both having a dip exceeding 20mm.

The photos show that these service covers are in the area that the cyclist uses. The cyclist must swerve around them, yet the cyclist must also negotiate traffic that is behind them and car doors that open in front of them.

In these instances if the cyclist swerves to avoid impact with the service cover they will have an accident with either the passing car or the opening door.