Council's 'sorry' for rush-hour traffic chaos in Nottingham
NOTTINGHAM City Council has apologised for "unacceptable" delays after tram construction roadworks overran on a busy city road.
Motorists faced lengthy rush-hour delays when University Boulevard stayed closed when work overran yesterday.
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A council spokesman said: "Yesterday morning's disruption is clearly something we do our utmost to prevent. We're sorry about the frustration and delay caused by a combination of overrun tram works, accidents and bad weather.
"We will be speaking to the tram contractor about the unacceptable overrun on the overnight work and how this can be avoided in future."
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A spokeswoman for contractors Taylor Woodrow Alstom, which is constructing Nottingham's two new tram lines, said: "Work on University Boulevard was scheduled to take place as part of a permitted night closure and the weather prolonged this overnight activity. We are very sorry for the disruption caused by this.
"We work hard to try and minimise the impact of our activities at all times. We currently have more than 40 working sites across the city and we are very disappointed that in this instance, we haven't done so successfully."
The situation was worsened by a two-car collision which caused the A52 Clifton Boulevard to be closed for more than an hour. One car flipped on to its roof and another was damaged at 7.20am. The road reopened at 8.45am.
The male driver of the overturned Toyota was taken to Queen's Medical Centre. The driver of the other car, a Daewoo, was unhurt.
The council spokesman added: "Once major roads start to become clogged, there is a limit to what we can do. Nottingham is particularly vulnerable to this, which is one of the reasons we invest so much in public transport improvements."
Comments
by FormerlyW
Friday, November 23 2012, 5:38PM
“Ah, you poor thing Lee! If your idea of a "personal attack" is being anonymously laughed at for referring to yourself in the third person, and anonymously having which of the elections you lost misidentified, you really aren't cut out for public life. Perhaps that's why you don't get elected. Or perhaps it's because enough people still see UKIP for what it is.”
by Alberto Frog
Friday, November 23 2012, 5:16PM
“Whenever there are problems with the tram (such as today) the anti-tram brigade tell us how inflexible it is because it has to stick to the tracks and can't use a diversion route. Why didn't all the car drivers who were affected by University Boulevard being closed use these alternate routes they are so often banging on about?”
by SlickSpoons
Friday, November 23 2012, 5:14PM
“I couldn't agree more Lee. People who write on this forum under pseudonyms are gutless cowards!”
by Lee_Waters
Friday, November 23 2012, 4:56PM
“Obviously I cut and pasted the article from a third party blog, I did not write it myself hence it was in third person... I hold my hands up, sorry about that.
Unlike some other people on here I stand by my words and actions, I do not write under an anonymous pseudo name as I have nothing to hide. That means I'm open to personal attacks by others who do use anonymous pseudo names, like we have seen on here today...
The real issue here is the cost and the disruption the tram development is causing.”
by Tessy
Friday, November 23 2012, 1:15PM
“Tessy would like to know, Lee Waters, why Lee Waters is referring to himself in third person? Did Lee Waters copy and paste that from somewhere else, or did Lee Waters forget he'd logged in under his own username?”
by FormerlyW
Friday, November 23 2012, 12:39PM
“"When I stood in March I got 17% and 682 votes, " --- Lee Waters
Don't you mean "When Lee Waters stood in Marsh, he got 17% and 682 votes"? Always sounds so much grander in the third person...”
by ShmuleShekels
Friday, November 23 2012, 9:08AM
“Don't forget the falsely named 'Ring Road' A6514 is due to get traffic harming measures next year.”
by DunkirkPie
Friday, November 23 2012, 9:02AM
“AndyGstar - what sort of weather did they expect in November?”
by Tessy
Friday, November 23 2012, 8:36AM
“@ PROTON EMC Ltd I didn't say cure all, i said go towards making it better. i realise it's not going to solve all the problems on the roads in Nottingham.
@ by AndyGstar the works didn't just affect people trying to go down university boulevard it had a knock on effect for people all around the nottingham city area. Even if you tried to go a different route it was pretty much blocked with traffic.”
by Lee_Waters
Friday, November 23 2012, 6:32AM
“Formerly... Do some research and get your facts correct.
When I stood in March I got 17% and 682 votes,
Just like the Lib-Lab-CON in it together three in one party to get it wrong again!”