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Off Topic Hull City Centre Public Realm Strategy

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by originallambrettaman, Jun 8, 2015.

  1. TwoWrights

    TwoWrights Well-Known Member

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    Fair play, it was reopened on schedule.
     
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  2. bradymk2

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    closes again soon though:bandit:
     
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  3. TwoWrights

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    As was always planned.
     
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  4. originallambrettaman

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    It's likely that they won't close it until after the Castle Street works are finished, so it shouldn't be a big deal.
     
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    Little likelihood either.
     
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  6. Cityzen

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    Must admit it is difficult to run trains on rails underwater that aren’t there through a tunnel that hasn’t been built.
     
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  7. TwoWrights

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    Seaweed on the tracks?
     
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    Wrong sort of seaweed. And unexpected damp conditions.
     
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    Is this real? It apparently had two escort vehicles with it and still managed to hit the bridge.

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  10. dennisboothstash

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    Wondered where the single can of IPA I ordered was…
     
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  11. balkan tiger

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    Watneys party 70,000
     
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  12. balkan tiger

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    The cheap tried and tested solution is to put up two posts either side of the road then hang a board/pole/or similar between the two across the road a few inches lower than the bridge, have this positioned 100 meters before the bridge.
     
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    Showing yer age here Balken
     
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  14. Ron Burguvdy

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    With the decapitated heads of drivers who hit the bridge before on pikes either side, suspended above the blood guts and entrails of drivers and others responsible...
    Just an idea ;)
     
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  15. TwoWrights

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    My brother works for Su-Bridge Pet Supplies in Norfolk, and one of their drivers managed to get his truck stuck under a low bridge. No prizes for guessing what people who read the story in their local paper suggested the S U stood for.
     
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