B7 Roadworks Get Serious

[Dominic]

A few years ago part of the B7 above Giolou collapsed. It was repaired, then promptly collapsed again after the next rainy season. It was due to be repaired again, but thanks to Civil protests at the prospects of total road closure, the road instead sprouted a dent which avoided the collapsed area. Now, finally, the repair team are back with a vengance, and this time they mean business.

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[Mighty Sprite]

They have been working on this repair for quite some time and the line of gabions (rock filled metal cages) at the lower level are also, I think, on piles. There was certainly a piling machine working at the lowere level some months ago.

After the gabion wall was constructed they have then backfilled behind it to form a higher platform and they are now using that platform to pile along the line of the road edge. This will form the main support for the new road.

A large chunk of the time between collapse and repair has probably been design and land acquisition.

[poolriver]

A few years ago part of the B7 above Giolou collapsed. It was repaired, then promptly collapsed again after the next rainy season. It was due to be repaired again, but thanks to Civil protests at the prospects of total road closure, the road instead sprouted a dent which avoided the collapsed area. Now, finally, the repair team are back with a vengance, and this time they mean business.

Read the article and chat about it below...
 
b7-roadworks-get-serious_masthead.jpg

Thanks for that Dominic,

Great footage. Seen the start of the new works and as we live at the bottom of the hill just outside Giolou it will be good to have a stright run back for a change.

Jim.