On 20/01/2020 21:55, Martin Brown wrote:
On 20/01/2020 20:20, Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote:
Who would build a road without proper edges. Seems to me the fault is
built
in and its only stupidÂ* people who build such roads in the first place.
Â* Brian


That description would include almost all rural roads. Round here they
have taken to adding kerbs to some bends which has the interesting
effect of creating a flooded area for aquaplaning whenever it rains.
There is no mains drainage on a lot of them either.


That's one reason why kerbs are usually only added on country roads to
/mitigate/ flooding or to support safety barriers. It's not cheap. And
it's not going to stop HGVs, tractors etc overrunning the kerb onto verges.


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Robin
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