In reply to a post by microtan:

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

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9...

Agreed, they did the same here when they dug out an old small chamber and built a larger (standard size) chamber.
This took up the whole pavement so they added a barrier on the road so people could walk down.

So that could work, but on a main road that would still possibly require lights.

Paul

It gets worse ...

The broadband activation is being held up as the phone line isn't installed yet.
They cant install the phone line as one of the poles they need to climb is rotten so they need the cherry picker to do that. I wasnt on site but apparently the cherry picker turned up two weeks ago to do the work on that pole and the guys stood about for an hour and were heard to say "We'll just wait for the traffic lights" and left without doing anything.

It seems that I'm in this endless loop at Openreach.
i.e The broadband guys are waiting for phone line to be installed but the line isnt going to be installed as the cherry picker guys have decided they'll just wait until the broadband guys rock up with their traffic lights and do it at the same time. What a farce!

In reply to a post by uno:

https://goo.gl/maps/mRYeNvRJ5rz shows it a little bit better.

Very tight and could easily get taken out by a driver not paying attention.

Matt

Is that a suggested solution?!

On that road the Google images show the "Peak Time Traffic", one problem will be the grain lorries fully loaded that probably trundle through on a regular basis.

Plus the double white lines. So a BT engineer cannot just form a diversion past him, even if it worked.

Why not? You can cross them to pass a stationary vehicle. So, if he parks his van drivers can legitimately pass - if it is safe.

Because you can't park within 10 metres of a junction.

And because it's on a junction it would probably need 3 way traffic lights...

What's the big deal here. I don't see the problem. I'd do the job if I was an Openreach engineer.
Park his van a few yards before the box, with 2 wheels on the grass verge. A warning sign a few yards before that and just get on with it.
As long as it's not during peak hours, he'll won't be there for long!
Everyone is so quick to find a problem where there isn't one. The UK is becoming a nation of wimps these days. Let's hope there is never another WW2 type war. Whatever happened to the "Bulldog Spirit"?

In reply to a post by binary:

Is that a suggested solution?!

Where's that whistle emoticon when you need it

Matt