Indeed the first above-ground metal in the current project (Bromley Street to Stalybridge) (see Transpennine thread).
www.theboltonnews.co.uk
Local residents are warned about the work though through mail direct to their homes.I see a newly established NIMBY force have been making noise about the bridge works. Wonder if they'll still be complaining when near-silent EMUs coast past their homes in 2024?
February 20th is quoted as the date for installation of the replacement.“Absolutely horrendous” rail works keep residents up all night
ELECTRIFICATION upgrade works on the Bolton to Wigan line have cause nightmare scenarios for locals in Westhoughton.
That's what makes it even more remarkable that these people then have the audacity to complain.
Exactly what I was thinking. At least if they put up TTCs rather than STCs it will be piling on one side of the track only!
Well it is an old mining area so that on the face of it would not be a bad call.
Eh - its fine to ruin people's weekend and keep them awake as long as you warn them?! What good is the warning, unless you are prepared to pay for them to stay elsewhere?
That is reality. I was just opposed to the idea that is was somehow outrageous cheek for the residents to complain.
A friend of mine was piling out in the Thames estuary at night, at least a mile from the nearest shore. Having set the BIG diesel hammer going, he an his crew settled down to sleep around its base. After a couple of hours his sleep was rudely disturbed by a police officer from a launch saying there had been complaints about the noise and could he stop until the morning.
I don't want to get too far OT - almost worth starting another thread.
Easy when you work hard. I used to sleep inside the engine room on Matisa ballast cleaners! If anything went wrong, a change in the engine note would wake you up.
Thats an unusual o/b not sure ive ever seen one with wooden palisade fencing like that. No doubt being rebuilt as well despite it looks suitable for the wires.
Or DRS Class 68s
Oh, my mate had one ticking over outside his bedroom window all night during electrification on the Manchester - Euxton jct route.
it would make sense. Civils usually comes first
Or even civils.
To a layman I would hope there are lessons learned and joined up thinking and maximum use of possessions. Presumably though it is not as simple as I think it should be.
There are presumably issues with that around scheduling access of different groups going to different places but needing the same access points and/or blocking each other's routes to their work area.
No different to any work site other than scale of operation over the last 25 years or so. Co-ordination, Planning and Communication.
