Mile End Road in Portsmouth at the bottom of the M275 into the city is being resurfaced. As part of these works new columns have appeared next to the 1970s Petit Jean columns with their MA60s. These weren't replaced when the other MA60s were removed earlier in the year but it now looks like their days are numbered. Church Street, just off Mile End Road is also having its remaining columns with GEC 9554s replaced meaning there will soon be no SOX as you enter the city.
Correct, given the delays to the Northern Quarter project in the city centre the road maintenance works in the affected areas are no longer being delayed. Bear in mind the new development was supposed to open this year going by timescales made only five years ago. Hence, roads in the city centre are being resurfaced, and street lighting upgraded where required. The new development is now at least 10 years away from being completed, in true British bureaucratic style, but even so, a 10 year lifetime for some of the new columns going in at the moment is very wasteful.
Originally Posted: 09-10-2009, 03:24:32 pm