Off Topic Hull City Centre Public Realm Strategy

Eventually with town planning someone may publish a report that recognises people don't want to use public transport, or ride a bicycle, when visiting the city centre, or perhaps not.


The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.

 

It’s the chance to open the not606 drinking hole.

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/new...llery/popular-match-day-pub-four-10339198.amp

 

Probably as good a time as any to get out of the pub trade,it's crumbling fast and pubs are shutting down at an alarming rate...

I nip in here after games on occasion and It's heaving,but clears fairly quickly.Can't imagine it's overly popular out with match days and It's not the cheapest.

Quite a heavy outlay in such unpredictable times,good luck to anyone taking it on.

 

Never been, it says they have 4 beer gardens!
£36k rental income not to be sneezed at though, could be a sweetener.

 

My mate lives in a flat above it. He said the building is massive, there are quite a few of the flats and all spacious.
I reckon that income keeps the pub alive. It isn't bad midweek some nights either, few in watching sport etc.
City and FC games will be good earners for them pre and post match.

 

4 is stretching it, as they're all interconnecting, and garden hints at planned vegetation...

 

I was under the impression, they only opened on match days now. Not that I’d go there midweek. Think I read it somewhere.

 

Maybe so, I'm going back a while come to think of it. Played darts there with Empress team.
If they have the rent income maybe they don't need more than match days?

 

Sound like the A63 into hull is closed due to an accident on the Daltry st flyover, how do the manage to crash in the 30mph zone?

 

It's gonna be closed for hours apparently.
The diversions either way are massive so start early or delay your journey.

Road users travelling eastbound are advised to follow the Solid Diamond symbol on road signs

• Driving East, exit the A63 using Western Interchange Junction exit slip road and proceed to the end of the slip road.
• At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto A15 and proceed along this road for approximately 500m to the roundabout with the A1105.
• At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A1105 and proceed along this road for approximately 4 miles to the junction with the A1079 (Ferensway).
• At the junction, turn left onto A1079 and proceed along this road for approximately 500m to the junction with the A165.
• At the junction, turn right onto A165 and proceed along this road for approximately 1 mile to the junction with the A1033.
• At the junction, turn right onto A1033 and proceed along this road for approximately 1 mile to the junction with the A63 (Southcoates Roundabout).
• At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit to join the A1033 Eastbound.

Road users travelling westbound are advised to follow the Hollow Triangle symbol on road signs

• Driving West, exit the A63 using Mount Pleasant Roundabout Junction exit slip road and proceed to the end of the slip road.
• At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto A1033 and proceed along this road for approximately 700m to the junction with the A165.
• At the junction, turn left onto A165 and proceed along this road for approximately 1 mile to the junction with the A1079.
• At the junction, turn left onto A1079 (Ferensway) and proceed along this road for approximately 500m to the junction with the A1105.
• At the junction, turn right onto A1105 and proceed along this road for approximately 5 miles to the roundabout with the A15.
• At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit on onto A15 and proceed along this road for approximately 800m to the junction for the entry slip onto the A63 Westbound.
• Continue onto the slip road to re-join the A63 westbound.

 

happened at around 4am and they werent travelling at 30mph

 

The time ball is to be removed for repairs two years after £400,000 was spent restoring it.

The golden sphere on the clock tower of Hull's Guildhall is supposed to drop at 13:00 each day and was traditionally used by ships to set their clocks.

It was broken for more than a century before being refurbished in 2023.

Hull City Council said the work is being carried out by original contractor Smith of Derby with no additional cost to the council.

The 7st 8lb (50kg) ball stopped working again in March this year.

Paul Litchfield, from Smith of Derby, said the mechanism that controls the rise and fall of the ball was "highly complex".

"It's important to note that all components of the time ball were thoroughly tested prior to installation," he said.

"However, it is extremely difficult to fully replicate the stresses and strains the structure experiences once exposed to the real-world effects of temperature fluctuations, weather, and coastal conditions."

It dates back to 1918 and is covered in 23.5 carat gold leaf. Prior to the restoration, it was last used in 1922.

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Image source,Hull City Council
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The time ball was restored in a £400,000 project in 2023

The ball will be removed on Sunday and Lowgate outside the Guildhall will be closed to traffic from 08:00 to 16:00 BST.

Council leader Mike Ross said: "It is disappointing that the internal parts have failed, causing the time ball to stop working.

"However, the council is committed to ensuring this historic feature is restored to full working order."

 

£400k to fix a ball and now it's in to get fixed again...The mind boggles at such an expense.

 

Extra expense is zero - says that in the article quoted.

 

You also need to know that for most of the two years since the renovation it hasn't worked. The first break down was just two or three weeks after the big relaunch.

It's very complicated in the 21st century but they managed quite well in 1918 with notes on paper and slide rules.

 

Someone’s jumped

 

I know,I read that...Quite right too.

 

Just thought I'd add this for added context.

 

Get a council contract ,price it up properly then whack 200% on top .