So what genius decided that the end of August was a good time to start to rip up roads and sidewalks in Halifax, just in time for the sart of school? Did you not consider that the middle of July might be a better time, when traffic is light and most people are off on vacation? Or do you have a sick sense of humor and enjoy watching commuters fume while they sit in traffic, made worse by poorly timed roadwork? I take public transit and my bus ride home is doubled in time. Then there is the sidewalk issue. Instead of informing pedestrians before they reach the ripped up sidewalks, so they can safely cross the street at a light or cross-walk, you have to wait until we actually get to the construction area before we realize that the sidewalk is closed. I could have crossed the street safely at the light half a block down if I had known I needed to. WTF people, how about a little planning in the future —Frustrated
This article appears in Sep 10-16, 2015.
See: “Quinnfool Road” Posted on Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 4:00 AM
Bitch all you want but when would the roadwork that was planned for July have been completed?
https://www.halifax.ca/designcon/cons/docu…
oopidstay.
there’s only so many people in the construction biz to get all the work done.
It’s been going on since the thaw… they’re doing what they can with the time given.
It’s a royal pain in the ass… but has to happen regardless
Areas near schools should get priority during the summer months. I worked fifteen years as a crossing guard in Fairview, and had to endure roadwork on my corner five times during that period, whether it was repaving, installing new lights (even though the old ones worked just fine) or digging up the street to put a gas line in. On one of those occasions the workers were doing virtually nothing for two hours, then choose, seemingly deliberately, to get their machines going in the middle of the intersection, just as the 3:30 rush of kids was starting. I was forced to cross them well away from the corner and hope that the drivers would understand. I did not like putting “my” kids in danger for any reason, but had no choice that day.