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#roadworks

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John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 19 March 1925:
SLIP ON RIMUTAKA HILL ROAD

(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

MASTERTON, 19th March.
The #Rimutaka Hill road was blocked an at 2.30 this afternoon through a slip coming down where a Public Works gang was widening the road. One car, with the assistance of ropes, got round the edge of the slip this evening, but it is doubtful if heavy traffic will get through until to-morrow night or possibly later. It is expected that the obstruction will not be removed for 48 hours.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news

Black-and-white photo: Rimutaka Hill Road, Wellington, with workmen clearing a slip. ca. 1920s. Description: Six workmen or so are working on clearing the slip, using a horse and cart. A car with driver is in the foreground just passing the slip. Further along the road to the right a horse with rider, a truck and a car wait at the corner of the road. Possibly the two people standing next to the horse and rider are the drivers of the vehicles. Citation: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 7. Ref: PAColl-6001-16. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23014110
#OnThisDay#OTD#PapersPast
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Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

in #Caversham #Reading again this weekend visiting relatives (saw my uncle on his last day in UK before he flies back to Malaysia).

Took me over an hour just to get across Reading yesterday, due to #roadworks and #floods (the #RiverThames had burst its banks).

Just having a chilled evening (as there is little these days I would want to do in the centre of Reading and I would only end up in the #trafficjam again)

(there is another cat, but she is camera shy)

British shorthair cat up on the worktop (where he isn't supposed to be)
British shorthair cat swiping to catch a dangling cat toy
#cats#Caturday
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David Hembrow

Also on today's route, a bicycle tunnel closed for resurfacing. While this is happening, cyclists have to use the road bridge for cars which is parallel to the cycle-path. In order to make the route convenient and safe for cycling, this section of road has been completely closed to cars for the duration of the works. Drivers must take a 9 km detour so that we can use this 1 km section of road in complete safety.

There are more examples of road works made safe for cycling on my blog:
aviewfromthecyclepath.com/sear
#cycling #cyclinginfrastructure #netherlands #biketooter #bicycles #roadworks

This bicycle tunnel under a motorway was closed for resurfacing so I had to take another route
The other route is the road which goes over a bridge next to the bicycle tunnel. To prevent cyclists from being in danger, this section of road has been closed to cars. Drivers are being sent on a 9 km detour so that cyclists can use this 1 km stretch of road without danger.
This road is safe for everyone
Coming towards the end of the closed section. We turn right as we enter the city at the sign below.
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David Hembrow

And the last photos for today are these from Sunday's recreational ride.
While riding between a smallish town and a village we came across a road and cycle-path closure, but as usual (in the Netherlands) the experience for cyclists was still top-notch.
This has to be the case.
If cyclists give up cycling due to bad experiences when infrastructure disappears temporarily they may never return to regular cycling.
You'll find lots more examples of how to make sure that road works don't stop people from cycling on my blog here:
aviewfromthecyclepath.com/sear
#cycling #biketooter #roadworks #cyclinginfrastructure #cyclepath #netherlands #regel17 #velomobile

Leaving the cycle-path and joining the temporary cycle-path
Temporary asphalt surface taking us towards where the road was before
Crossing the road, which is also closed
Riding on a temporary asphalt cycle-path next to a temporary road. We're separated by large concrete blocks so that cycling remains safe as well as convenient even when the road and cycle-path have both been closed
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