Showing posts with label freshwharf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freshwharf. Show all posts
Saturday, 30 October 2010
The Road to nowhere
The "new" road from Freshwharf Road to Jenkins Lane is still blocked off by gates near Jenkins Lane, a heap of bricks at the southern gate and concrete girders at the junction with Jenkins Lane. I just found in my records an e-mail from 2004 when I complained about the no-entry except buses signs that they managed to erect before even completing the road. They're still there.
Thursday, 10 April 2008
Jenkins Lane link road under completion at last?
Google maps http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Highbridge+Rd,+Barking,+Greater+London,+United+Kingdom&sll=54.162434,-3.647461&sspn=10.820902,29.707031&ie=UTF8&cd=5&geocode=0,51.533854,0.072853&ll=51.531547,0.075316&spn=0.011213,0.029011&z=15
shows the as far as I know unnamed road alongside the A406 from (more or less) Highbridge Road nearly to Jenkins Lane. The road has been built for some time, complete with zebra crossings, bus stop bays and (notoriously) "no entry except buses" signs towards the southern end. I have mentioned this particular solecism several times but to no avail as yet.
Anyway the road stopped at the borough boundary with Newham and for some years there has been a tantalising gap of a few yards between the end of the new road and Jenkins Lane, but when I was there today there was a mechanical digger on site and although I haven't confirmed this it must be the start of works to complete this road and make a link from Barking Town Quay to Jenkins Lane and the Showcase Cinema complex. As to the "no entry except buses", far be it from me to suggest civil disobedience by people cycling.
shows the as far as I know unnamed road alongside the A406 from (more or less) Highbridge Road nearly to Jenkins Lane. The road has been built for some time, complete with zebra crossings, bus stop bays and (notoriously) "no entry except buses" signs towards the southern end. I have mentioned this particular solecism several times but to no avail as yet.
Anyway the road stopped at the borough boundary with Newham and for some years there has been a tantalising gap of a few yards between the end of the new road and Jenkins Lane, but when I was there today there was a mechanical digger on site and although I haven't confirmed this it must be the start of works to complete this road and make a link from Barking Town Quay to Jenkins Lane and the Showcase Cinema complex. As to the "no entry except buses", far be it from me to suggest civil disobedience by people cycling.
Friday, 15 June 2007
Vekso NDS parking stand
http://www.vekso.com/dynamisk/produkt_enkelt.asp?ProduktID=62&La=UK
Interesting design with an "umbrella" saddle cover. These can be seen in large quantities in Barking. Where? - about here http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?&pc=IG117BG&mapsize=big
(This is a weird part of Barking. The Royal Mail lists it as Freshwharf, Highbridge Road. Most maps show Freshwharf Road. There's now a newish road, with no name, between Freshwharf Road and the A406. Go down there and you'll see a low grey buiding - you turn left into what I believe to be Handtrough Way.)
Interesting design with an "umbrella" saddle cover. These can be seen in large quantities in Barking. Where? - about here http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?&pc=IG117BG&mapsize=big
(This is a weird part of Barking. The Royal Mail lists it as Freshwharf, Highbridge Road. Most maps show Freshwharf Road. There's now a newish road, with no name, between Freshwharf Road and the A406. Go down there and you'll see a low grey buiding - you turn left into what I believe to be Handtrough Way.)
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