There has been a programme over the last few years to tarmac a bit more each year and eventually the whole thing will be done, which will be quite a change from what you remember! (Thanks for the comment and sorry for taking so long to reply!)
The Falklands are much flatter and larger than I thought. It must be strange for a migrating bird to suddenly fly over a giant wet prairie in the middle of the ocean.
Was looking for the halfway house , sure there was a pub on the way - no tarmac un the 80s barely any road tbh lol Went to MPA for a football tournament.....fun times
There's a programme to tarmac the whole road from Stanley to Mount Pleasant - there's been more tarmac laid since this was made, including another 2+ miles completed so far in 20/21!
I haven't done the remake yet, so it doesn't show that the tarmac now runs the whole way from Stanley to MPA Still not many trees, but no landmines: the roadside minefields were cleared early in the demining programme and the very last one was ceremonially blown up in late 2020
@rmbflk Thanks for the reply, MPA wasn't my favourite detachment but I've often wondered about revisiting. I might look into it before I get too old. If I do I will definitely want to drive that road!
The tarmac should be finished this year or next - a lot has been put down since this was filmed As for funding, it comes out of the Falkland Islands Government capital programme, which is funded by local taxation and fisheries revenue
They’ve been laying more tarmac each summer and the road is finally due to be tarmac throughout by the end of this summer (23/24) … then, they will start repairing the older tarmac!
First priority will be repairing/replacing some of the older tarmac - there is talk of carrying on to GG and New Haven for the ferry to the West (but no specific plan)
No fixed cameras, but there are sometimes police checks that do catch people not sticking to the 40mph limit! (Only military vehicles have speed limiters!)
@@rmbflk I watched nearly everything last night....even a coaxmchtour with a local giving the full details. My children are 7 and 14, it would be hardest for the teenager. Would there be a point of contact to enquire at? Thank you.
The two FI community pages on Facebook would be a good place to get information: Falkland Islands Community Board and The Falkland Islands Community Board
I travelled this road every day for two years, bringing back some memoires. Love the Falklands
I ran this road with a couple of other lads back in 1990 in military kit when it was just compacted dirt. Took us about 15 hours to do.
There has been a programme over the last few years to tarmac a bit more each year and eventually the whole thing will be done, which will be quite a change from what you remember!
(Thanks for the comment and sorry for taking so long to reply!)
The Falklands are much flatter and larger than I thought. It must be strange for a migrating bird to suddenly fly over a giant wet prairie in the middle of the ocean.
They're about the size of Yorkshire for UK watchers and between Rhode Island and Connecticut in size for US watchers
Was looking for the halfway house , sure there was a pub on the way - no tarmac un the 80s barely any road tbh lol
Went to MPA for a football tournament.....fun times
Looks like its been made a lot better, it was just a dirt track back in the 90's when I was there with McNicholas.
There's a programme to tarmac the whole road from Stanley to Mount Pleasant - there's been more tarmac laid since this was made, including another 2+ miles completed so far in 20/21!
Wait, they have trees now.....and tarmac roads. Have they cleared the minefields that used to straddle the dirt track when I was there in 1990.
I haven't done the remake yet, so it doesn't show that the tarmac now runs the whole way from Stanley to MPA
Still not many trees, but no landmines: the roadside minefields were cleared early in the demining programme and the very last one was ceremonially blown up in late 2020
@rmbflk Thanks for the reply, MPA wasn't my favourite detachment but I've often wondered about revisiting. I might look into it before I get too old. If I do I will definitely want to drive that road!
Will the road ever be fully paved?
Yes
@@Angel_423 Where does the funding come from?
The tarmac should be finished this year or next - a lot has been put down since this was filmed
As for funding, it comes out of the Falkland Islands Government capital programme, which is funded by local taxation and fisheries revenue
@@kugul1683 our government, so tourism and fishing mainly
How many miles of tarmac have they been averaging each year? And have they laid down anymore for the 21/22 season yet?
They’ve been laying more tarmac each summer and the road is finally due to be tarmac throughout by the end of this summer (23/24) … then, they will start repairing the older tarmac!
Did they ever finish the tarmac from Stanley to MPA?
The tarmac has been finished now and i will get round to doing the updated hyperlapse some day
This looks like a movie I saw called The Wraith, only the music is all wrong.
It looks like driving in Scotland
Do they have trees? No plantation here. What happened?
Trees just don’t thrive naturally in the wind here - there are two plantations I know of, but neither is on the MPA road
Once they finish the tarmac to MPA will they continue on to Goose Green?
First priority will be repairing/replacing some of the older tarmac - there is talk of carrying on to GG and New Haven for the ferry to the West (but no specific plan)
Ya know, I am not a real touristy kinda guy so I would rather hang out in the Falklands for a couple weeks vs Hawaii. The wife would disagree!
You still can't avoid temporary traffic lights, even in the Falklands 😂
Hi
A 40mph road (at least for Military Vehicles) and they still put speed traps out..wow 🤔
They do?? Last time I went out that way there were none
No fixed cameras, but there are sometimes police checks that do catch people not sticking to the 40mph limit! (Only military vehicles have speed limiters!)
40 mph is a low speed limit for such a road. In the UK it would be 60
I was thinking this would be a fun stretch of road to go down in a RAM TRX, but not with that 40mph limit lol
My wife suggested we move over (kids and all) so just looking for a few vids
Take a look at FITV's channel too - they've got things you might find interesting
@@rmbflk I watched nearly everything last night....even a coaxmchtour with a local giving the full details. My children are 7 and 14, it would be hardest for the teenager. Would there be a point of contact to enquire at? Thank you.
The two FI community pages on Facebook would be a good place to get information: Falkland Islands Community Board and The Falkland Islands Community Board
@@rmbflk oh dear...got to join fb?. 😭😭😭
so what happened did y’all move there?
so what is the distance covered?
Stanley to MPA is 34 miles
Oh my god, we’re going to crash! We’re on the wrong side of the road
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂traffic light stop