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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2018 19:33:46 GMT
Chelston...that picture you put up of the KA...is that how the Newton Road looks nowadays? What of all the million pounds of road works!?
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Post by chelstongull on Sept 2, 2018 19:51:40 GMT
Chelston...that picture you put up of the KA...is that how the Newton Road looks nowadays? What of all the million pounds of road works!? The new road (South Devon Highway or something similar) is the other side of the road (1/2 mile) to the left of the bridge as you look at the photo. Check out google maps. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2018 7:59:59 GMT
Chelston...that picture you put up of the KA...is that how the Newton Road looks nowadays? What of all the million pounds of road works!? The new road (South Devon Highway or something similar) is the other side of the road (1/2 mile) to the left of the bridge as you look at the photo. Check out google maps. Had a look at google, all it showed was a brown stain showing where the road was going! From the Penn inn to the Edginswell flyover seemingly. Is it finished yet...is it any better? I think the word car park was invented for the Newton Road! |
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Post by chelstongull on Sept 3, 2018 8:11:14 GMT
The new road (South Devon Highway or something similar) is the other side of the road (1/2 mile) to the left of the bridge as you look at the photo. Check out google maps. Had a look at google, all it showed was a brown stain showing where the road was going! From the Penn inn to the Edginswell flyover seemingly. Is it finished yet...is it any better? I think the word car park was invented for the Newton Road! Finished a couple of years ago - brilliant - can get from my house to NA in about 10 minutes. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2018 8:19:14 GMT
Had a look at google, all it showed was a brown stain showing where the road was going! From the Penn inn to the Edginswell flyover seemingly. Is it finished yet...is it any better? I think the word car park was invented for the Newton Road! Finished a couple of years ago - brilliant - can get from my house to NA in about 10 minutes.  |
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Post by Jon on Sept 3, 2018 22:11:30 GMT
Finished a couple of years ago - brilliant - can get from my house to NA in about 10 minutes. No you can't. You feel queasy when you get as far North as Kingskerswell and have to turn round and go home. |
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Post by rjdgull on Sept 4, 2018 5:48:51 GMT
Finished a couple of years ago - brilliant - can get from my house to NA in about 10 minutes. Has it still got a naff 40 speed limit on it, or has common sense prevailed? It is a dual carriageway but only with a 50 speed limit as joins Hamlin Way about 100m up from the Kerswell roundabout with a traffic light system. There is a single lane flyover above the Penn Inn roundabout for traffic not turning off for Newton Abbot or the Shaldon direction. |
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Post by chelstongull on Sept 5, 2018 7:59:36 GMT
I was grossly disappointed that there is only a single slip road on to it at PIR; May not be a 10 lane super highway but it's a brilliant piece of construction for us locals  |
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Post by stefano on Sept 5, 2018 10:13:23 GMT
I was grossly disappointed that there is only a single slip road on to it at PIR; May not be a 10 lane super highway but it's a brilliant piece of construction for us locals Makes hell of a difference to me when I have work in Torbay. Excellent road and the 50 mph speed limit is completely sensibe. |
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Post by plainmoorpete on Sept 5, 2018 13:43:04 GMT
Is the old Newton Road now the quickest way by any chance, without all that pesky traffic? Now 20mph speed limit with traffic calming measures and cycle lanes as wide as the car lanes. |
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Post by keyberrygull on Sept 5, 2018 21:13:53 GMT
I was grossly disappointed that there is only a single slip road on to it at PIR; May not be a 10 lane super highway but it's a brilliant piece of construction for us locals It makes the trip to the Devon Dumpling for a couple of pints and a trio of meats for less than £20 more appealing, however, it has lead to a huge increase in numbers of illegal trash cartels exiting the bay en-route to the TDC recycling facility in Brunel Road, Newton Abbot! Security measures need to be reviewed. |
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Post by Jon on Sept 5, 2018 21:31:42 GMT
I was grossly disappointed that there is only a single slip road on to it at PIR; I was expecting, and I think it warrants, 2 lanes. If you had two lanes each way on the flyover, how would Newton Abbot traffic leave and join? You would have to put a roundabout either side of the flyover, which would somewhat defeat the object! Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings in August are the test. The new road passes that test. |
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Post by jerry on Sept 6, 2018 16:59:20 GMT
If you had two lanes each way on the flyover, how would Newton Abbot traffic leave and join? You would have to put a roundabout either side of the flyover, which would somewhat defeat the object! Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings in August are the test. The new road passes that test. There are such things as flyovers with 4 lanes,which I'm sure could have been built if the money had been available. I detest many things about the US but when they build roads they try to make them future-proof. A great example of which is the Golden Gate Bridge; 6 lanes built in 1933. We were still thinking small, when we built the M25 some 50 years later! I am reliably informed that the terms of Sainsbury's lease precluded any flyover encroaching on their store so the road couldn't have been any wider. Anyway it clearly doesn't need any extra lanes as the whole thing works superbly. All the nay-sayers (and I was one) who said it wouldn't make much of a difference have had to eat their words. |
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Post by chelstongull on Sept 8, 2018 19:52:53 GMT
For me it was game which must rank as one of the worst in our history and I'm sure with Gary 'I haven't got a clue' Owers in charge there's worse to come.Surely now is the time for pitchforks and lighted torches? The guy is clueless and wouldn't know the difference abetween a Bordeaux and a claret. |
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Post by rjdgull on Sept 8, 2018 20:08:49 GMT
For me it was game which must rank as one of the worst in our history and I'm sure with Gary 'I haven't got a clue' Owers in charge t here's worse to come.Surely now is the time for pitchforks and lighted torches? The guy is clueless and wouldn't know the difference abetween a Bordeaux and a claret. I’ll empty the shed and bring the matches! |
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