Staple Hill tunnel lighting

[Danny Colyer]

I just have to share this e-mail that was sent the Bristol Cycling
Campaign mailing list this morning. It's so very representative of the
way South Gloucestershire caters for cyclist.

It refers to the Staple Hill Tunnel on the Bristol-Bath cycle path. I
haven't been along there recently, so I haven't seen the new lighting:


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Fw: [Bristolcyclingcampaign] Staple Hill tunnel lighting

Hi Adam and fellow Tunnellers,
thes Bristol's one Tunnel is now darker than Bath's Two Tunnels!

We were coming through the Tunnel this morning (Friday) and South Glos
workmen were unloading kit from their lorry at the entrance. "Great" we
thought "they've come to fix the lights"!

Wrong! Apparently there is a problem with them which is not easy to fix.

So what were the workmen doing?

Yes, in true "you couldn't make it up" "only in South Glos" style - they
were making a hole to put a new pole up. On which they put a sign that
reads "Warning. The lights aren't working. It's dark in here". I.e.
stating the bleeding obvious...

How appropriate that Bristol spent welcome Cycling City money lighting
up their bit of the path up to the Tunnel entrance. Enter the Tunnel and
it's "Welcome to South Glos. Where cyclists are kept in the dark. Carrot
munching cyclists only :-)"

We've emailed them too. Any bets on how long it will take to fix them?

Andy and Karina

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On Thu, May 16, 2013 22:58 BST adamfaraday wrote:

>Does anyone else find the new lighting in the Staple Hill tunnel on
the Railway Path too dim? They've changed the lights recently, I assume
to more energy efficient ones that are also a whiter colour light. It
seems to have a spotlight effect now. The light doesn't spread at all,
meaning you ride through brighter (although still dim) lit spots then
into darkness in-between. Maybe it's just me and my eyes are adjusting
to the lighter spots and then unable to adjust to the darker patches
between?
>
>Also since installing them it looks like several have broken already,
so the east end of the tunnel is very dark for a long stretch.
>
>It's handled by S Glos, as I was informed by Bristol Council, so if
anyone has any comments to let them know the address is
Stree...@southglos.gov.uk
>
>It'd be good if a few people reported the lights that are currently
broken. Maybe they'd get around to fixing them if more people than just
me got in touch. Reported it a while ago and nothing has happened. I
think since reporting it that another one has actually stopped working.
>
>
>Adam
>


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Danny Colyer
"I'm riding a unicycle with my pants down. This should be every boy's
dream." - Bartholomew J Simpson

[Simon Mason]

On May 18, 3:03�pm, Danny Colyer <news2...@colyer.plus.com> wrote:
>
> � >It'd be good if a few people reported the lights that are currently

> broken. Maybe they'd get around to fixing them if more people than just
> me got in touch. Reported it a while ago and nothing has happened. I
> think since reporting it that another one has actually stopped working.
>

The tunnel lights in the Marfleet Lane underpass on the Hull -
Withernsea cycle path were trashed 10 years ago when some local
scrotes set fire to a car inside it - they have not been fixed along
with the 50% of the lamp standards that have been felled by stolen
motors over the years. I reported them to KHCC and they said that they
had no plans to replace them as they would only get vandalised
anyway.

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Simon Mason