Tags: grit

#194422, nearby

[Image taken 27.5.23] Wigginton Road, York. Illustrates why infra needs to be planned... in this case so cleaning of the route can take place. The tarmac is deteriorating - breaking up. The grit is a skid hazard that is washed/blown onto … [more]

#194421, nearby

[Image taken 27.5.23] Wigginton Road, York. An extensive section of offroad, segregated cycleway covered in grit. Other image here today and links: #194420.

#194420, nearby

[Image taken 27.5.23] Wigginton Road, York. Grit is a hazard for all using wheels/wheeled walking aids. Slowing, accelerating, turning... grit is a skid hazard. Other images here today: #194421, #194422. Other image today and links: … [more]

#192703, nearby

[Image taken 5.4.23] Hawthorn Terrace, New Earswick, York. Location of damage in: #192701, #192702. Other image today and links: #192695

#192702, nearby

[Image taken 5.4.23] Hawthorn Terrace, New Earswick, York. Context: #192225. I will re-report this damage [UPDATE: #192953]. Motor vehicle speeds are high. There is limited visibility due to blind bends. The carriageway is very narrow. The … [more]

#192701, nearby

[UPDATE: 20.4.23 I saw the holes had been repaired and the grit/gravel removed.] [Image taken 24.3.23] Hawthorn Terrace, New Earswick, York. Context: #192224. Other images here today: #192702, #192703. Other image today and links: #192695

#192468, nearby

Cycleway gritted ✅

#189542, nearby

The burst water main in #189435 has been repaired and the road patched, but the pothole has been left untouched!

#189435, nearby

A pothole full of water, and water rising through the footway surface. The sign says "Due to burst water main please do not park", but was ignored by one private plates driver. (The pipes belong to a team of window cleaners.)

#189434, nearby

Was I imagining that this road got resurfaced last year? A very poor surface on a road that supposedly is the flagship Colleges Cycle Route. See #186854.

#189433, nearby

Was I imagining that this road got resurfaced last year?

#189432, nearby

Was I imagining that this road got resurfaced last year? The sign for the junction ahead should show a crossroads, not just a junction on one side.

#188755, nearby

Tom Amey Court Walking routes are well gritted in this council owned development.

#187861, nearby

[Image taken 22.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, southbound. Skid hazard from sand from burst sandbag. York. Context: #187860. Other image here today and links: #187859.

#187760, nearby

[Image taken 18.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. The Aboard is intended to give directions to road users that makes the street safer. But it obstructs the cycle channel. Plus, the sandbag has split creating a further hazard should someone be … [more]

#181788, nearby

[Image taken 17.4.22] Stirling Road, junction with Wigginton Road, York. The reservoir is wide and capacious. But full of grit. It leads to a very tight turn and a would-not-now-meet-standards for the width of shared use non-motorised … [more]

#175862, nearby

[Image taken 13.11.21] New Lane/Monks Cross Park&Ride, Monks Cross, Huntington, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Intersection of the cycle-ped-wheelchair (far too narrow for the amount of human traffic at busy times and on … [more]

#175803, nearby

[Update April 2022: I noticed recently the sign has finally been removed (from behind the railings, lying on the ground). It was not doing its job. It was simply litter and like litter was attracting more rubbish and making the area less … [more]

#175433, nearby

[Later image: #175803] [Image taken 31.10.21] York rail station, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context: #175432. I moved the sign out of the way of all users of this key entrance to/exit from and through the rail station. … [more]

#175432, nearby

[UPDATE: #175803] [Image taken 31.10.21] York rail station, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context: #175231. Other image here today: #175433. Other images today: #175401 and links.

#175231, nearby

[UPDATE: #175432.] [UPDATE: Evening of Friday 29.10.21 after a day of heavy rain with more forecast. No change. I will chase up Network Rail who said they could clear up the sand/grit. ][Image taken 24.10.21] Riverside entrance to York rail … [more]

#174802, nearby

[Image taken 11.10.21] Leeman Road, Memorial Gardens, York. This is part of the Scarborough Bridge to Ouse Bridge Flood Scheme diversion. A sand bag used for stabilising a temporary sign has split and been moved/removed. But the sand – a … [more]

#174666, nearby

[UPDATE: On the afternoon of 9.10.21 this had gone.] [Image taken 7.10.21] Burton Stone Lane, York. Another fallen sign. Plus the sand/grit from damaged bags is a slip and skid hazard. It doesn't stay in place. It gets moved around by foot, … [more]

#173643, nearby

[UPDATE: 26.9.21. The grit has been swept up.] [Image taken 30.8.21] Marygate car park, York. [Note: No streetview at this location.] Previous image of grit at base of this (gentler) slope: #173207 and the steeper slope: #173206. Grit and … [more]

#173207, nearby

[Update: 30.8.21 See: #173643] [Image taken 13.8.21] Marygate car park, York. [Note: No streetview at this location.] A cone has appeared at the heap of grit/sand at the bottom of the more gentle slope (perhaps in response to my reporting … [more]

#173206, nearby

[Newer image - same location, different hazard - leaves: #176976.] [Image taken 13.8.21] Marygate car park, York. [Note: No streetview at this location.] Grit at the bottom/start of the steeper of the two slopes here - and the one that is … [more]

#172738, nearby

[Image taken 1.8.21] Marygate car park, York. [Note: No streetview at this location.] Signage and barricades are supported by sandbags. The sign has gone (perhaps 'unofficially') but the sand remains. An example of the hazard it can … [more]

#172736, nearby

Newer image: #173206. [Image taken 1.8.21] Marygate car park, York. [Note: No streetview at this location.] Signage and barricades are supported by sandbags. When the former are ‘abandoned’ they become redundant, eyesores. They restrict the … [more]

#172636, nearby

[Update: the sign has been removed. A large heap of sand/grit remains see: #173207.] [Image taken 26.7.21] Marygate car park, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] Surely this sign can be removed now. Together with the redundant … [more]

#172616, nearby

[Update: One barricade is now 'dumped' at the far end of the car park. But the sand/grit - skid hazard - remains.] [Image taken 27.7.21] Marygate car park, York. (Note: no streetview at this location.) The barricades (there's a second one … [more]

#166535, nearby

Drainage problems on pop-up cycle lane oon Bilsland Drive.

#165647, nearby

[8.1.22 The grit had gone. Perhaps washed away by the heavy rain we've had in the past month.] [Image taken 18.3.21] Grit and its source - extensive damage to the road surface on Malton Road, York. Grit is a real danger to people cycling. … [more]

#165646, nearby

[8.1.22 I noticed the grit had gone.] [Image taken 18.3.21] Grit on cycle symbol on Malton Road, York approaching the roundabout (Stockton Lane, Heworth Road, Heworth Green). The grit caused me to skid despite my low speed. It looks as if … [more]

#165567, nearby

Grit from disintegrating road surface covering cycle lane. But makes seeing several sets of bike tyre tracks easier.

#88210, nearby

A motorist that doesn't understand how the footway works. A bus stop bypass with zebra crossing.

#88209, nearby

The cycle lane could do with a sweep, but the newly installed light segregation extends the cycle provision to the end of Wallacewell Road.

#86126, nearby

Signpost highlighted with white-lining. Quite a lot of grit seems to gets thrown onto the cycleway by passing motor traffic on the A77.

#63161, nearby

A steep ramp connecting Old Perth Road and King Duncan's Road, part of the Millburn Active Travel Route. At least it has been gritted.

#47366, nearby

Gritting means the path is slush not ice

#47363, nearby

Cycleway gritting having an effect

#47319, nearby

Quadbike for gritting cycle paths

#35460, nearby

The grit bin and ash tray are still obstructing cycle racks and have been since the store opened (see #27339).