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daughter just returned from nightmare trip to lancaster, accident between scalehall area and greyhound bridge area ( she thinks), she was diverted at scalehall, round ryelands park, and diverted off greyhound bridge again round ryelands park

so allow extrs time if travelling into lancaster

Took me an hour and a half to get from Westgate to the Uni this morning. Torrisholme was at a standstill managed to get to Skerton thinking Lancaster Centre would be ok but that was just as bad so went on the Mway at 34 to 33 and off at galgate. Caton Rd was backed up past the Mway Junction and beyond and traffic was queing to come off the Mway on the North and South Bound sides.

Yeah the accident , a lorry overturned and shed its load [kindling / bags of wood] , at the bend between Scale Hall Lane and Summersgill rd. Its a bit of a job clearing the road both sides but there cracking on with a fork lift and by hand.

I don't know if there was any casualties etc. But the lorry cab looks a real mess. Its very strange to see that stretch of road between Carlisle bridge and Scale Hall Lane without traffic bumper to bumper and its been gridlock round here all morning. I think a lot of people [school kids] were getting off the buses and walking into Lancaster as it was quicker.

just outside on main road,a real mess hope to be open again at 4pm
scalehall shrimp

And some people think we still don't need a bypass.

One lorry topples over at 5.30am in the morning and:

Morecambe-based member of staff has to dump car in Torrisholme and walk
Bolton-le-Sands member of staff took one and three quarters to get in
Two Preston-based staff queued on motorway then into town - 2hr's each
Two Lancaster staff late - one disabled in car for 45 minutes to go 2 miles and one abandoned the bus and walked

Every time it happens it costs local businesses a fortune.

just been reported on granada as chaos in the scale hill area,maybe i need to change to scalehill shrimp

Posh wrote:And some people think we still don't need a bypass.

One lorry topples over at 5.30am in the morning and:

Morecambe-based member of staff has to dump car in Torrisholme and walk

If the lardarse walked a bit more often or used public transport we wouldnt need a bypass

Richard Head wrote:

Posh wrote:And some people think we still don't need a bypass.

One lorry topples over at 5.30am in the morning and:

Morecambe-based member of staff has to dump car in Torrisholme and walk

If the lardarse walked a bit more often or used public transport we wouldnt need a bypass

you are Russell Brand and I claim my £5

has it all cleared?

all now open
scalehill shrimp

Richard Head wrote:

Posh wrote:And some people think we still don't need a bypass.

One lorry topples over at 5.30am in the morning and:

Morecambe-based member of staff has to dump car in Torrisholme and walk

If the lardarse walked a bit more often or used public transport we wouldnt need a bypass

If we had half decent public transport then people might. I know I refuse to pay out the sort of money that Stagecoach are chaging and then my journey would take even longer on the bus prob an extra 30mins each way easily.

Was still gridlocked at about 2.30 so I sat in smoker's (socialite) corner, luckily it cleared just as I went home at 3

Agree that public transport is dire round here.

Cycling is an option but walking has to be possible for most of these 'shorter' trip that people do and clog up our roads

Aal wrote:Agree that public transport is dire round here.

I disagree that it's dire, but it's bloody expensive - £4 return last week from my house to the bus station in Lancaster, less than 3 miles each way

Richard Head wrote:

Posh wrote:And some people think we still don't need a bypass.

One lorry topples over at 5.30am in the morning and:

Morecambe-based member of staff has to dump car in Torrisholme and walk

If the lardarse walked a bit more often or used public transport we wouldnt need a bypass

She had a sales meeting in Ambleside yesterday. Maybe she should have walked there too?

Sorry it's dire because it's expensive was what I meant.

If we are serious about solving the traffic prob we have to have this looked at seriously.

campdave wrote:

Aal wrote:Agree that public transport is dire round here.

I disagree that it's dire, but it's bloody expensive - £4 return last week from my house to the bus station in Lancaster, less than 3 miles each way

slackAlice wrote:I think a lot of people [school kids] were getting off the buses and walking into Lancaster as it was quicker.

I don't think they had any choice! My two kids had to walk from Scale Hall Lane to Our Lady's because the buses weren't going any further. No probs, though. The walk did them good and they had a good look at the lorry as they walked right past it!

John L wrote:

slackAlice wrote:I think a lot of people [school kids] were getting off the buses and walking into Lancaster as it was quicker.

I don't think they had any choice! My two kids had to walk from Scale Hall Lane to Our Lady's because the buses weren't going any further. No probs, though. The walk did them good and they had a good look at the lorry as they walked right past it!

lol yeah saw them all getting ooof the bus and walking

It may be interesting to advise younger readers that there used to be another railway connecting Lancaster and Morecambe which ran alongside the road at Scale Hall where there used to be a station which was open for about seven years. The line ran from Heysham Harbour into Morecambe where the train reversed, then went to Lancaster Green Ayre station (now Sainsbury's) where it reversed again for the short trip up to Castle Station, as it was then known.

On this line in 1965, you could make a round trip from Promenade Station to Castle Station, including reversals at Green Ayre and Castle in, wait for it, 27 minutes.

Any guesses as to how long the journey would take in 2008 by car, even on a good day?

I suspect we haven't progressed far in 43 years!

That old route would have made a great tram route

Campdave - £4 for 6 miles is mad in the car I could do that for about 80p

P/T Indie wrote:

Richard Head wrote:

Posh wrote:And some people think we still don't need a bypass.

One lorry topples over at 5.30am in the morning and:

Morecambe-based member of staff has to dump car in Torrisholme and walk

If the lardarse walked a bit more often or used public transport we wouldnt need a bypass

If we had half decent public transport then people might. I know I refuse to pay out the sort of money that Stagecoach are chaging and then my journey would take even longer on the bus prob an extra 30mins each way easily.

For those who start work in Lancaster at 9.00 there is a bus from Euston Road at 8.17 that gets into Lancaster Bus Station at 8.44. I'm not sure, but i think a 7 day pass on Stagecoach is £12.99

Posh wrote:

Richard Head wrote:

Posh wrote:And some people think we still don't need a bypass.

One lorry topples over at 5.30am in the morning and:

Morecambe-based member of staff has to dump car in Torrisholme and walk

If the lardarse walked a bit more often or used public transport we wouldnt need a bypass

She had a sales meeting in Ambleside yesterday. Maybe she should have walked there too?

She could have got a bus direct to Ambleside from Lancaster. Depending on which is most convenient for her she could have got on it outside Our Ladys or on Slyne Road

If the lardarse walked a bit more often or used public transport we wouldnt need a bypass[/quote]

She had a sales meeting in Ambleside yesterday. Maybe she should have walked there too?[/quote]

She could have got a bus direct to Ambleside from Lancaster. Depending on which is most convenient for her she could have got on it outside Our Ladys or on Slyne Road[/quote]

Which would take how long? - between 2 and 2.5 hours as to less than an hour in your own car, adding a possible 3 hours to your normal day.

How do I get from Westgate - University then? and I would want the journey to only take between 30 -45 mins as well.