Roads in the area

[Yorkie]

Just have to drive within your capabilities, weather conditions and traffic at the time!   There are thousands of miles on unlit road, especially Motorways, and to light every mile would cost the taxpayer dearly.    ZXZ

[Merddin Emrys]

Indeed Dave, it does get pretty hairy driving on certain parts of the A55 in the hours of darkness.

I find turning the headlamps on helps no end!  :twoface: 

[Linda]

Indeed Dave, it does get pretty hairy driving on certain parts of the A55 in the hours of darkness.

I find turning the headlamps on helps no end!  :twoface: 

  love it!

[Ian]

 

It always amazes me that large sections of the A55 are completely unlit at night. We can apparently afford to have street lighting along little used side roads, but not along the main highway through North Wales?

Street lights have more functions than road lights, though; in towns and villages street lights are there to help pedestrians and to reduce crime. On Motorway-type roads their only function is to help motorists.

[DaveR]

That doesn't really explain why lighting is provided on some sections of the A55 and not others though?

[Yorkie]

That doesn't really explain why lighting is provided on some sections of the A55 and not others though?

Here are the why's and wherefore's including the Relevent Codes of Practice.

www.ukroads.org/ukroadlighting/scripts/standards.asp

BS 5489:1:2003   Code of practice for the design of road lighting. Lighting of ...
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[Ian]

That doesn't really explain why lighting is provided on some sections of the A55 and not others though?

No, it doesn't.  Always wondered about that...

[Yorkie]

That doesn't really explain why lighting is provided on some sections of the A55 and not others though?

No, it doesn't.  Always wondered about that...

I think you will find that lighting is mainly found near to junctions and slip roads.  Lighting on other sections is due to the classification of that stretch of road.  Don't ask me how they differentiate between classifications!  That's probably "classified information".
    ZXZ

[DaveR]

The section between Llanddulas - Colwyn Bay is a good example of section that is lit, but has no junctions or special features that require it to be so.

When on the M6 the other week, I noticed a sign saying that the lighting was switched off during certain hours to save money. I thought to myself that if we can't afford to have the lights on along one of the busiest motorways in the UK, then we really are doomed...

[norman08]

why this country can,t have solar panels on the posts like some countries iv,e been to , too easy,  passing st asaph park so many lights they dazzle you .

[Mikethewatch]

Solar panels and batteries would need to be massive to power effective street lights

[DaveR]

Solar panels and batteries would need to be massive to power effective street lights

If you look on the Brompton Ave roundabout in Rhos, you'll see the arrow signs on the roundabout all have solar powered lights fitted now, albeit a bit bulky looking ones!

Advances in both battery & lighting technology (primarily the switch to low power LED lighting) have made solar lights viable at long last:
http://www.solar-candela.co.uk/

They have even been installed in Porthmadog!
http://www.solar-candela.co.uk/news_more.asp?newsID=11&page=1

[Ian]

Having spent millions on the A470 through Glan Conwy earlier this year, relaying it completely and causing horrendous queues in the process, the road is now being dug up again in several bits in Glan Conwy, once again causing massive queues when visitors are trying to return to Llandudno in the evening. 

It's been going on for three weeks, now.

[DVT]

Seems to be a thing that after a road is resurfaced they have to dig (parts of) it up again!

The road I live in (a cul-de-sac) was resurfaced with poor quality tar (they actually called it slurry, which conjures up an impression) just over 12 months ago - when we complained about the shoddy work the local councillor told us that it was expected to last three years - we've lived here over 30 years and the road had never been touched before, and there was very little wrong with it!  The new surface barely lasted a couple of days before breaking up.

Since then every one of the utility companies has had a go digging part of it, some more than once!  So we now have a poor surface with occasional smaller areas of good tarmac!!!

The road past the Welsh Assembly building was re-surfaced the same time as our road (not far away), but the new surface there is not the same as the stuff they gave us - strange that!

[SDQ]

Having spent millions on the A470 through Glan Conwy earlier this year, relaying it completely and causing horrendous queues in the process, the road is now being dug up again in several bits in Glan Conwy, once again causing massive queues when visitors are trying to return to Llandudno in the evening. 

It's been going on for three weeks, now.

I drive through Glan Conwy quite often & this work was due to a burst of some sort as the road was slowly rising in the area of the roadworks. I can understand you complaining if the work was pre-planned as happened in the past with Mostyn Street but it is unfair to criticise emergency repairs unless it was damage caused by the resurfacing, which we will probably never know.