HS2 Update - Thame Valley Viaduct to Stoke Mandeville | 23rd Dec 2024
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- My latest update on HS2 construction looks at the area between Thame Valley Viaduct and the Princes Risborough railway. I cycle along the new section of A418 Oxford Road and discover something new. They've done something about traffic safety; it's a joke! Watch to find out.
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Thank You Karl. Have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year
Check out the Swiss "Canton" way of sorting out the "politics" before construction along the entire route begins.
That would add 8 years to the programme. But it would be a good idea.
Hello from Finland! Never been to Britain, and will probly never use this roads, but been invested in process quite a while!
Very important for me that everybody has a chance to travel easily, safely and confortably, without needing to use a car. But still making smart infra for those who need car/truck for their travels.
But as many have said, that bike/walkway feels unsafe and not very nice.
Could have easily made bit more room to plant trees between cars and people.
When trees get bigger, not only are they more pleasing for the eye, they block the noise little bit AND make road feel more safe.
It is not 1970's anymore nor is it car-centric USA.
@sota_59 Finland, wow. Most of my views are from the UK so it's nice to hear from you.
What we see at moment on that new bridge and the land next to it is not how it will be forever. Trees and shrubs will be planted soon so that will soften the appearance eventually. That won't help to make the path feel safer on the bridge though as that will remain exposed, apart from the opposite where grass will be planted.
Excellent work 👍 I didn't realise how vast the Solar Farm near Marsh was !
How about some footage of the new SEALR scheme ?
@slewisedwards Cheers, yes it's a vast area they've used for that solar farm. As for SEALR, I can do some of it but part of it lies within the no-fly zone of Halton airfield so it's not possible without permission.
They need the crash barrier 🚧 next to the road / cycle lane
Having walked a dog down this new road from the bugle horn. The only time I felt a risk of coming into contact with vehicles as pedestrian or cyclist, was on the bridge. That said maybe there should something more than a white line on the bridge section would be more appropriate.
Great vids as always. Is it not too far to get to Calvert, the EWR interchange and the "bat cave"?
@dominiccottrill2387 Thanks for watching. I will do that section properly in due course. I have actually been up there recently. The video can be found here:
th-cam.com/video/Oi4e7ACmSsE/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Karl. Is the date in the title of this video (9th Nov) an accident?
@chrisbailiss7309 Yes - well spotted! I've amended it :)
Blue structures look like water or gas pipes.
Hopefully they'll leave the cut trees next to the '30mph' bridge in situ to part mitigate the vast ecological damage, such as the vast badger set they unlawfully buried.
Easy to claim on social media they "unlawfully" did something, but the reality is they will have done everything to the letter of the law.
@Polarbear1-b6j They blocked a group of badger sets so large they could be seen on Google earth. The mitigation set provided was tiny and in waterlogged ground. The largest set is now under one of the largest earthworks.
Their environmental mitigation is appalling, not just my opinion but also of the wildlife trusts.
And yet none of these sorts of claims ever seem to survive actual scrutiny. And the various environmental organisations have harmed themselves with hyperbole like the infamous Woodland Trust 108 woods claim, quickly debunked. One wood for example being the other side of a major road and existing railway line.
A badger set visible on Google Earth, hyperbole indeed.
PS - frustrating that instead of safer traffic separation for cyclists (as is more common in Europe) we get painted white lines here...
@chrisbailiss7309 I think they painted the line so that drivers can see the division between road and pathway. Regarding mixed use paths such as this one, in Aylesbury there is quite a variety of different finishes. There are ones with the reddish tarmac and some with black tarmac. Some are divided into pedestrian on one side and cycleway on the other and that is usually a different colour. In this case though we've got the bare minimum. It's wide enough to be divided but instead we just have to use our own judgement when passing pedestrians, which I'm very much used to. It's not a problem for me as I'm always cautious.
Very irritating 'music' Karl, please abandon use of this. 😞
@SWRural-fk2ub Absolutely not :)
I think the music fits brilliantly, really makes it artistically enjoyable as well as educational.
@slewisedwards Thanks for that. How are my sound levels? I'm not sure if they balance ok.
@@KarlVaughan Seems absolutely spot on to me !!
@@SWRural-fk2ub Or you can use your volume control?