Post AcErzug0yBi2WZHqro by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
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 (DIR) Post #AcErzs8yO45gfVoR5U by dickon@splodge.fluff.org
       2023-11-27T15:21:28Z
       
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       Bit of a random question this, but does anyone have any idea how long it will take to install a new roundabout into a busy dual carriageway?
       
 (DIR) Post #AcErzt3L0VB3UKBRwW by sully@splodge.fluff.org
       2023-11-27T16:15:38Z
       
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       @dickon If they plan to keep using the road, years?
       
 (DIR) Post #AcErztnQFA2ZnFkFm4 by dickon@splodge.fluff.org
       2023-11-27T16:45:07Z
       
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       @sully That's sort of what I'm wondering.  They claim they're going to start on site next Spring with completion in 2025, and I really don't want 18 months of weekend closures and whatnot; it's been bad enough with the M1J15A works.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcErzug0yBi2WZHqro by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-11-27T17:33:32Z
       
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       @dickon @sully You'd think you could do it incrementally wouldn't you?  Build some wings to go around the roundabout, move the carriageways onto those, build the roundabout in the middle....
       
 (DIR) Post #AcEueX1A2Oqovdfqm8 by dickon@splodge.fluff.org
       2023-11-27T18:03:17Z
       
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       @penguin42 @sully That's pretty much what they did with the A5 roundabout, but that's only a single carriageway around here, and they still had weeks and weeks of full weekend closures.That and the A43 closures between the A5 and the other side of the M1 has made weekends around here rather difficult.  Traffic has been satnavving through the villages, and the effects have been horrendous.  Have a look at Streetview of Caldecote, for example -- now imagine an A5's worth of traffic on it...