I just an e-mail from Boris Johnson
Dear Mr "big al" thgrde,

Badly‑managed roadworks are a headache for Londoners and a drain on our economy.

I have just introduced new, tighter standards for roadworks and making it easier for you to tell us when you spot sloppy examples so we can take action to sort it out. If you drive in London, you can report sites that don’t come up to scratch at tfl.gov.uk/roadworks

TfL has pledged that all its roadworks will meet these standards. Any other organisation working on TfL’s roads will be monitored using CCTV and traffic police community support officers.

Most roads in London are managed by local boroughs, so I’m asking them to meet the standards too. Your reports will be passed directly to the relevant authority, and my team will work to ensure improvements are made.

We are getting laws put in place by next year that allow us to properly charge for working on our roads - creating a real incentive to do works with minimum disruption.

In the meantime, thank you for your help in keeping London moving.


Yours sincerely,

Boris Johnson
Mayor of London and Chairman of Transport for London

Is it it coming up to an election?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 13:46, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Probably, but why is this only for drivers?
half the problem "road" works in london fuck up the pavements.

You don't really get traffic jams on pavements I suppose.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 13:51, Reply)

Traffic jams on pavements don't cost the economy "Billions of pounds a year"

(Bazongaloid, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 13:52, Reply)

Those BILLIONS of pounds a year estimates are about as reliable as police estimates of "street values" of drugs.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 13:54, Reply)

I often wonder who the police buy their drugs from
'Cause someone is getting ripped off, they pay way over the odds.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 13:57, Reply)

They're trying to get the price up for all the drugs they "lose" during transit.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 13:57, Reply)

1:Bust criminal gang
2: Cut coke
3:'sample' the mechandise
4: ??????
5:Profit
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 13:59, Reply)

He's been wittering on about this for a while...I guess it's only just been implemented

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 13:55, Reply)

i would like to have the sloppy fucker who organised the closure of the westbound blackfriars underpass yesterday SACKED
i was driving in quite happily from essex, got to the point where i could have gone down to aldgate and round, or gone along to tower hill and gone along the embankment. the latter being slightly quicker for my office, i chose it.

only after a substantial Q, when you are stuck in gridlocked traffic with no other options, does a little sign pop up saying: "underpass closed, please seek alternative route". you fucking stupid fucking fuckers, i would have done, if you had put this sign somewhere useful, like where people actually had a choice of routes. also, the diversion over southwark bridge? also chock-full of roadworks and down to one lane. you stole about an hour of my life making me sit in that traffic and i WANT IT BACK.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 13:58, Reply)

I was on a country road in Dorset last week
suddenlky the road said closed ahead, but it was not blocked. 'fuck it' I thought and carried, this persuaded around 6 other cars to carry on as well, 3 miles later the road abruptly end where a bridge once stood.

i think the other cars thought I knew something that i really didn't
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 14:01, Reply)

see
if they had put: "road closed because bridge is gone" then you would not have carried on. fucking morons!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 14:02, Reply)

I think it's fair to say that i was fairly moronic as well...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 14:03, Reply)

oh
i didn't realise that needed to be said!!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 14:11, Reply)

You are probably right, but when Monty's not here bullying me I need attention

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 14:12, Reply)