East Dulwich road closed?!?

[raptortruckman69]

Townley is completely at a standstill right now. A fellow motorist told me it's because East Dulwich Grove is temporarily closed.

 

Is this some sort of trial to sound out an extended LTN? Does anyone know what's going on??

 

[Mapil]

https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/24591930.east-dulwich-grove-flat-fire-recap/

Due to a fire on flat the road was closed as fire brigade teams were there

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

1 hour ago, raptortruckman69 said:

Is this some sort of trial to sound out an extended LTN?

Yes. You probably heard about the Mayor's plan to pedestrianise Oxford St. This, and the associated press conference, was merely a diversionary tactic in The War On Motorists.

At precisely 1415 today, squads of saboteurs spread our across London, from Acton to East Dulwich to Seven Sisters. Key arteries were ripped up and tank traps installed to prevent vehicle traffic. The purpose was to bring traffic to boiling point and make people realise that we can't go on this way.

Unfortunately, the operation was a complete failure, as traffic in London is already at boiling point, and nobody noticed the difference.

[Spartacus]

21 minutes ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

Yes. You probably heard about the Mayor's plan to pedestrianise Oxford St. This, and the associated press conference, was merely a diversionary tactic in The War On Motorists.

At precisely 1415 today, squads of saboteurs spread our across London, from Acton to East Dulwich to Seven Sisters. Key arteries were ripped up and tank traps installed to prevent vehicle traffic. The purpose was to bring traffic to boiling point and make people realise that we can't go on this way.

Unfortunately, the operation was a complete failure, as traffic in London is already at boiling point, and nobody noticed the difference.

Blimey Billy 

I never took.you as part of the tin foil hats brigade 

[KalamityKel]

You know East Dulwich Grove and East Dulwich Road are not the same right? 

Just thought I'd add that in before people get too excited over "trials", "extensions" and alien invasions 😉

[raptortruckman69]

Ok but it's not unlike them to close a major high capacity connection like Calton avenue. I could see them doing that for East Dulwich Grove.

[Spartacus]

On 18/09/2024 at 07:01, KalamityKel said:

You know East Dulwich Grove and East Dulwich Road are not the same right? 

Just thought I'd add that in before people get too excited over "trials", "extensions" and alien invasions 😉

Have the council members been replaced by the lizard People AGAIN? 

Oh my, we all need tin foil hats now to stop the radio signeks being picked up by our fillings  

Edited 21 hours ago by Spartacus

[Kathleen Olander]

There is a gas leak on East Dulwich Grove again, same place as always outside JAGS.

Once that is repaired there will be a water leak and so it goes on......................

[Nigello]

Perhaps it’s a good time, then, for those that can (but choose not to) to walk or cycle to the schools near to these roadworks? Just a thought…

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

6 hours ago, Kathleen Olander said:

There is a gas leak on East Dulwich Grove again, same place as always outside JAGS.

Once that is repaired there will be a water leak and so it goes on......................

These pipes fracture so frequently on Lordship Lane, and the South Circular, and East Dulwich Grove, because of the relentless volume and increasing weight of the vehicles driving over them.

[CPR Dave]

It's not just the volume of traffic, it's also the weight. 

 

All the new electric cars people buy are 50% heavier than petrol cars. A Tesla saloon weighs nearly two tons, more than most of the metaphorical 2 ton metal box ICE SUVs that environmentalists get so angry about.

The majority of EVs weigh more, closer to two and a half tons. 

The Volvo EX90 weighs almost three tons.

All these "clean" cars are having huge impact on the built environment.

Edited 12 hours ago by CPR Dave

[malumbu]

Nissan leaf and other medium/small EVs well below 2 tonnes.  The motor industry has been supersizing cars for years and we buy them whether we need them or not 

[Spartacus]

Let's not forget the weight of buses and lorries, which are normally the main culprits in road damage and cracked pipes as the substrate layers can't cope. 

[tiddles]

And lack of maintenance by utility companies