A92 TRB - Further developments

[Dougman]

Looks like fun!

[Nwallace]

That was weird tonight, driving between piles of rubble and the old 16' height restriction signs in place also!

[B9127]

If they jsut provided a ramp from the part left standing into Commercial Street that would revitalise the town centre

[Burns]

It was a strange experience driving under the remnants of the ramp yesterday. I'm guessing the new one will take a few years to build?

[Nwallace]

Tayside house now slowly being wrapped in Scaffolding for demolition.
THe podium block being away has already made a visible difference to the back of the Caird hall, can't wait till the tower is gone too.

[cb a1]

Tayside house now slowly being wrapped in Scaffolding for demolition.
THe podium block being away has already made a visible difference to the back of the Caird hall, can't wait till the tower is gone too.

That whole area already feels so different. So much more open and spacious. I'm looking forward to the carbuncle that is Tayside House being away too.

[B9127]

Re Tay Bridge North Approaches I crossed the bridge for the first time in ages today and what a flipping shambles - on the way back it was even worse - whoever authorised this mess must be on an ego trip - I heard the whole thing wont be finished for up to 30 years from now is that correct?

[Burns]

I only find myself in Dundee once a month or so now but I prefer to loop the inner ring road when coming off the bridge into the city, assuming I'm heading east. A few bad experiences waiting for the right hand lane signals to change have put me off using the conventional route.

[B9127]

Keeping on the A92 was the Big Tree Bends project opened on Wednesday as planned - I thought there might have been a splash in the paper today.

[Burns]

Is the old route here abandoned now? If so, I may head out that way for a look.

[A935]

Keeping on the A92 was the Big Tree Bends project opened on Wednesday as planned - I thought there might have been a splash in the paper today.

I drove up the A92 to Montrose today and the Big Tree bends diversion is still very much under construction. They are about halfway through tying in the two ends to the existing road and also seemed to be surfacing a section in the middle. It is definitely not open yet and the expected completion date on the site signage is November.

[B9127]

On Angus Councils website it notes to open on 17 October with further works thereafter to tie in the two ends - must have been optomistic
.

[Glen]

New alignments will often have traffic running on them for some time before work is complete and sometimes with traffic management still in place. So it could be that the road is in use with work still going on.

[A935]

Nope, in this case the new alignment is completely coned off and inaccessible with traffic still using the original road. Or at least it still was yesterday...

[B9127]

Going off the road topic for a moment how are they going to demolish Tayside House aka Faulty Towers - is it take down or blow down??

[cb a1]

Going off the road topic for a moment how are they going to demolish Tayside House aka Faulty Towers - is it take down or blow down??

Whilst not directly on top of the Railway tunnel, it is close enough to prevent blasting.

[B9127]

The railway Tunnel is directly alonside the piles and there is an enormous concrete slab under the building as when we poured it it took just about every truck mixer around to feed the concrete pumps on a continuous pour for around 24 hrs if I remember correctly- its Bison Wall frame construction so if you took it down correctly you could sell it on and rebuild it Must be etaking it down by crane then.

[A935]

It's being nibbled at by remotely operated robot-things (think bomb disposal) until it gets down to a height where they can use conventional long reach excavators with breakers. Last time I drove past, it was already missing a couple of storeys...

[ms90]

I see the Streetview cameras have been in the area this summer, showing the scaffold going up on Tayside House:
http://goo.gl/maps/Ikkoz
(and turn 180 to see some pretty redundant signs now.)
The whole place is changing so much now, and according to relatives there it seems to be working from a traffic point of view.

[B9127]

It's being nibbled at by remotely operated robot-things (think bomb disposal) until it gets down to a height where they can use conventional long reach excavators with breakers. Last time I drove past, it was already missing a couple of storeys...

Thanks for that - I eventulay found the info on a Safedem website - as you you say it get nibbled down by dropping the materila through the floors until the long reach demolition machines can get hold of it.