Category Archives: Maintenance

Cattle grids

Posted on June 27, 2022 by lancasterdynamo

Dick has been chasing the County Council to repair a couple of cattle grids on his regular routes. One of the problems is that the County’s website for reporting road faults doesn’t have a category for cattle grids. Given the … Continue reading →

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State of the Morecambe-Lancaster shared-use path

Posted on March 14, 2021 by lancasterdynamo

A Morecambe resident has written to the City and County Councils about the state of the Morecambe-Lancaster shared-use path. His particular concerns are: graffiti horse manure on the path mud on the path (presumably left by Council vehicles emptying bins, … Continue reading →

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Reporting road faults to Lancashire County Council

Posted on November 27, 2019 by lancasterdynamo

A reminder that you can report road faults – potholes, faded road markings, etc. – to Lancashire County Council’s Report It website.  It is easy to use, and you can upload up to 5 photographs.  Alternatively, you can telephone 0300 … Continue reading →

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Worn-out cycle lanes

Posted on July 19, 2019 by lancasterdynamo

Dick has written to Lancashire County Council about the state of worn-out cycle lanes in Lancaster, Slyne and Carnforth.  (List attached.) On a positive note, the cycle lanes on newly-resurfaced Ashton Road and upper Penny Street are bold and bright. And … Continue reading →

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Any winter gritting reports?

Posted on February 2, 2019 by lancasterdynamo

How have you found the shared-use paths during the last week of low temperatures and ice?  Have they been gritted round your way?  Any reports of cyclists or pedestrians sliding off/over?  Please let us know.

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Fading cycle lanes

Posted on March 24, 2018 by lancasterdynamo

Now that the icy weather has (we hope) passed, it’s time to do some road maintenance.  Dynamo has emailed the County Council Highways team asking them to re-paint the fast-fading cycle lanes on the A6 in, around and out of Lancaster.  They … Continue reading →

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Gritting is the business on shared-use paths

Posted on March 3, 2018 by lancasterdynamo

Lancaster City Council has done a good job in the last few days of gritting the shared-use paths from Morecambe to Lancaster and from Lancaster to Halton.

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Clean-up of shared-use paths

Posted on February 21, 2018 by lancasterdynamo

Lancaster City Council have recently cleaned and restored the widths of the shared-use paths which they maintain. Unfortunately – from a cycling and walking perspective – the canal towpath doesn’t come under their umbrella!

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Millennium path cleaned

Posted on November 27, 2017 by lancasterdynamo

The Millennium path from Lancaster towards Halton has been cleared of leaves and returned to its original width. Thank you to Lancaster City Council for doing it. Dynamo emailed them about this a couple of weeks ago, but we’ve no … Continue reading →

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State of the canal towpath III

Posted on March 19, 2017 by lancasterdynamo

In response to our watered-down request for the canal towpath to be swept, we received the following reply: Thank you for your reply email regarding the towpath surface on the Lancaster Canal. I have forwarded your feedback to our Enterprise … Continue reading →

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