Had to rotate that pic Matt, and it looks as if lorries turning left out of the B road sometimes get their wheels almost up to the PCP. It's almost a wonder it's still standing.

Don't jinx it

Matt

That would have been an issue well before now though - it's been standing a while by the look of it....

Matt

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

it looks as if lorries turning left out of the B road sometimes get their wheels almost up to the PCP. It's almost a wonder it's still standing.

Well spotted!

At least they put the FTTC cabinet round the corner!

I know the road has not been upgraded for a few years and teh PCP was probably well back when installed. I've been past that one a few time en-route to/from Rhynie!

In reply to a post by eckiedoo:

I wonder if it is possible to simply lift the top part of the PCP box; turn it through 180 degrees and set it down again, so that any upgrades etc can be carried out from the main grass verge side?

That is, leaving the wiring etc "as-is", would it still be reasonably accessible; or would tall of the interior have to be rotated as well?

I was thinking the exact same thing

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

I'm sorry, but really ??

LOL, I thought that very funny sorry.

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Couldn't they just install a couple of bollards either side of both cabinets?

Then you would just need worry about the vehicles becoming airborne

Paul

Edited by PaulKirby (Wed 18-Nov-15 00:04:37)

Trouble is the bollards would need to be on the A-road.

If you look at Matt's picture, it starts with the FTTC cab, which is irrelevant. Rotate it and you see the PCP - the guy kneels in front of it far enough away to work, and his feet will be in the A-road.

Edited by RobertoS (Wed 18-Nov-15 00:34:49)

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Trouble is the bollards would need to be on the A-road.

If you look at Matt's picture, it starts with the FTTC cab, which is irrelevant. Rotate it and you see the PCP - the guy kneels in front of it far enough away to work, and his feet will be in the A-road.

True.

Paul

Erect temporary barriers and do the work outside of peak traffic times..

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In reply to a post by craski:

I was a bit annoyed at the time having waited weeks for an appointment and then being told this on the day. Fair enough if there is a safety issue to enter the box but they must have known what box they had to go into when it was ordered, the site is within 100m of this PCP and the next nearest PCP is many miles away. Anyway ... it has now been a further two weeks (~4 weeks from initial order) and I dont even have an install/activation date yet. Its not Zen's fault but I dont get the impression anybody at Openreach is making much of an effort to make this happen.

Openreach don't make any effort to do this - they'll send someone out, he'll say it can't be done, and it gets bounced. No matter how many times the same scenario has cropped up because nothing is joined up at that end.

If you're *lucky*, the chap that came out will submit a request for an A55 and you've half a chance. If he doesn't, scenarios include them committing a new date, turning up and failing again, them turning up along with the traffic management company (such as lux) who then refuse to setup lights because the wrong type is in place, or they need to do a survey as the road is classified in such a way or they judge it not safe, and you go through this process again - each time hoping everyone does the right thing.

Total nightmare as it's the most disjointed process imaginable.

My advice is - contact your CP (Zen) and ask them to find out what's happening, and get them to ask if an A55 was requested, and what is the state of that request. It should get surveyed - by the traffic management people ideally to avoid hassle as they'll give the final "yes or no"

Edited by therioman (Wed 18-Nov-15 08:42:21)