[BYPASS] Careful! Big holes in the road!

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
10/08/2010 19:53

The new bypass (driving in the left lane towards Alsancak) has already several huge and deep holes in the 'new' tarmac.

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
10/08/2010 20:12

Are we surprised? Cant wait until it rains heavily.

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
10/08/2010 23:32

Same as here in Wales then!

LaptaMike


Joined: 07/10/2009
Posts: 1679

Message Posted:
10/08/2010 23:38

only seen one and it wasn't huge. (As of last Thursday that is)

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
10/08/2010 23:48

Hans,

What's that got to do with TRNC anyway?

That was a joke.

It may not have been very funny.

It may not have been funny at all.

But - it was all my own work, and I didn't copy and paste it from the Internet.

- And it WAS actually about the TRNC (opening question notwithstanding )

Are you happy now?

My FOOT you are! (did I get that right this time?)

andrew4232



Joined: 04/07/2009
Posts: 1543

Message Posted:
10/08/2010 23:54

i have not seen any and i use that road everyday must be passed the karaman turn off

LaptaMike


Joined: 07/10/2009
Posts: 1679

Message Posted:
10/08/2010 23:58

Keith mate, I've either lost the plot or your post was a tad confusing. ;-)

canyavuz


Joined: 22/02/2009
Posts: 363

Message Posted:
11/08/2010 00:33

Used it at least 4 times in the last week. Seen no potholes. An almost perfect road. All it needs is palm trees and grass and that will bring it to perfection.

Dont forget, it was the ministry of transport of the republic of turkey that paid/financed the new road so they are MUCH less likely to cut corners than if it was the trnc financing it!

LaptaMike


Joined: 07/10/2009
Posts: 1679

Message Posted:
11/08/2010 10:11

Nice idea about the grass and palm trees but pigs might fly ;-) Can only see that happening though if the public chipped in to buy the them. I wouldn't trust the gov to keep them watered though.



I hope I'm wrong.

KARY44



Joined: 30/04/2008
Posts: 326

Message Posted:
11/08/2010 11:17

Hole nearside lane (150 metres?), just before GAU junction travelling west if a motorcycle hit this square on would cause serious damage in my opinion.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
11/08/2010 15:15

RE msg 10, Kary 44: (...) Hole mearside lane etc. (...)

=> You're right. People who didn't spot this were possibly speeding in the lane at the right.

scootex



Joined: 03/03/2009
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
11/08/2010 15:30

and possibly overtaking traffic that was in the left hand lane so get real are drivers suppose to try and look under slower moving vehicles

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
11/08/2010 15:40

RE msg 12, scootex: (...) and possibly overtaking traffic that was in the left hand lane (...)

=> How can you overtake cars in the left lane when they are driving 75 kms/hour where you are supposed to drive 75 kms/hour..?! P.S. Next time you put on your safety helmet or wish the TRNC doctors much luck when an ambulance brings you in into the State Hospital.

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
11/08/2010 15:48

there is a huge hole in the "motorway" capable of bursting a bald tyre if you didn't see it because you were on your mobile while turning to argue with your mother-in-law in the back seat

PaulW



Joined: 20/07/2009
Posts: 651

Message Posted:
11/08/2010 15:51

mal - does that mean you'll have finished your kebab?

keithr


Joined: 20/08/2008
Posts: 720

Message Posted:
11/08/2010 17:12

You must be seeing things, the only tiny hole before the GAU has been filled,I went down there this morning.

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
11/08/2010 17:33

keithr, I must have been feeling things - went over it about a week ago, it is the worse I've encountered on a main road and I'm a member of the Thanet Potholing Club (SE Kent)

KARY44



Joined: 30/04/2008
Posts: 326

Message Posted:
11/08/2010 17:34

MSG 16

You must be blind

jillyjugs


Joined: 21/07/2010
Posts: 80

Message Posted:
11/08/2010 17:52

been on it both ways twice today nothing there a d cup would not fit in !!!!!

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
11/08/2010 20:54

Silly jillyjugs !

You're still with us then!

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
12/08/2010 12:39

Regardless of potholes, this road does seem to be reducing the cat population. I have counted 6 dead so far - but no dogs yet.

I did watch several cars trying very hard to avoid a chameleon that was walking across - I hope it made it.

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
12/08/2010 13:03

that's probably the Cypriot way of putting cat's eyes into roads :-(

LaptaMike


Joined: 07/10/2009
Posts: 1679

Message Posted:
12/08/2010 13:24

roflmao malsancak, not had such a good laugh for ages. I know it wasn't meant as a joke and that its very sad but it was soooo funny none the less.

jillyjugs


Joined: 21/07/2010
Posts: 80

Message Posted:
12/08/2010 13:29

keith i am



met vaughn yesterday he recognized my ample ............charms

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
12/08/2010 17:52

went that way yesterday didnt see anything but a big rock in the road which would have done damage if you had hit it

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
12/08/2010 18:56

cyprusairsoft, b.......r, I thought that big rock was a Cypriot "Keep Left Bollard" and the hard shoulder is pretty rough (and deep !) terrain.

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
12/08/2010 23:36

jillyjugs,

In that case, he has better eyesight than I gave him credit for...

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
12/08/2010 23:45

keith



Well, you're certainly not wrong there!



I've heard of 'rose coloured specs' but that really must take the biscuit



Do you think Vaughan was escorted by a large dog - and I don't mean jillyjugs, either

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
13/08/2010 13:32

Jeannie,

Maybe he had his 'Beer Goggles' on...



http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=beer%20goggles



Quote - (A) phenomenon in which one's consumption of alcohol makes physically unattractive persons appear beautiful; summed up by the phrase, "there are no ugly women at closing time"



'When I took her to bed, she looked like Halle Berry. When I woke up, she looked like Keith Richards!'

Zeytin


Joined: 21/08/2009
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
13/08/2010 16:56

So is the new bypass " Fully " open now ?

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
13/08/2010 17:30

Yep!

Be VERY careful at any of the junctions though - people who have been trundling up and down the little village roads don't seem to have adapted to the idea that there are these metal boxes whizzing past at umpteen kilometres per hour...

And the Roundabout at the GAU junction is a nightmare - it's just not big enough for anyone to take it seriously, there have been loads of crashes there already - it needs to be twice the size and/or have traffic lights on it.

I've no doubt that they'll be messing about with bits of the bypass for the forseeable future - and of course they are extending the dual carriageway now - reportedly heading for Lapta - Joy!

Zeytin


Joined: 21/08/2009
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
13/08/2010 19:00

What have they done at the Zeytinlik junction , last time I was over there was a distinct lack of tarmac on the side roads up to the bypass . It was suggested that they were still deciding if they were putting in a roundabout or leaving the lights , it was a nightmare trying to pull onto the bypass from loose gravel ?

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
13/08/2010 21:56

Zeytin,

didn't you know that it's mandatory to do a 4 x wheel spin when pulling out of any junction in the TRNC?

Followed by a 'speed wobble' as you fight to gain control of the vehicle - this last is designed to cause their 'past life' to flash before the eyes of any pedestrians / motorists in the vicinity!

To be serious for a moment - Sorry, NO! - I don't know what they've done there, but judging from the past few months, it will be different next week!