Pittidrie Pavements Icey Conditions

[FifeHibs]

Just a quick heads up that some of the pavements around Pittodrie are still very icey.

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[Kojock]

Council for whatever reason are refusing to grit the pavements so the Police are going round in a van and gritting them.

[Pretty Boy]

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Classic.

[cabbageandribs1875]

saw a female have a horrible fall when she and her friend went to walk on the pavement going down st.clair street after the game on wednesday, it was like a flippin ice rink

[Cat Stanton]

saw a female have a horrible fall when she and her friend went to walk on the pavement going down st.clair street after the game on wednesday, it was like a flippin ice rink

The entire city was like a skating rink. Not one pavement gritted. Don't know what the **** is going on with the council. Almost came a cropper several times - and that's without a drink in me.

[cleanyman]

What's going on up there ?

The city centre was the same.

**** me

[SaulGoodman]

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That boy fi Timpsons is getting kicked square in the nuts.

[Carheenlea]

There was a downhill section enroute back to city centre that was so treacherous most walked on the road. I opted to slide, so some fun was to be had on an otherwise forgettable afternoon.

[we are hibs]

saw a female have a horrible fall when she and her friend went to walk on the pavement going down st.clair street after the game on wednesday, it was like a flippin ice rink

Think I seen someone on Twitter complaining about slipping and breaking her arm after the game the other day.
Was ridiculous. Trying to get from Easter road to lochend and every one was sliding all over the place, seen 3 people slipping and my feet almost went from under me but managed to grab onto the fence. Car was sliding on the black ice. Council should've had all the areas around the ground gritted.

[marinello59]

What's going on up there ?

The city centre was the same.

**** me

Bottom line, the Council is skint.

[marinello59]

There was a downhill section enroute back to city centre that was so treacherous most walked on the road. I opted to slide, so some fun was to be had on an otherwise forgettable afternoon.

If that was you I saw sliding it was pretty impressive. :greengrin

[Hibernia&Alba]

What's going on up there ?

The city centre was the same.

**** me

Councils have had their budgets cut by forty per cent since 2010. Austerity in action.

[Fuzzywuzzy]

Still, at least we have 20mph rolled out.....😂😂

[Pete]

It’s really unfortunate if anyone falls.

However, if they strived a bit more, they could buy their own salt that they could use.

[Bristolhibby]

The entire city was like a skating rink. Not one pavement gritted. Don't know what the **** is going on with the council. Almost came a cropper several times - and that's without a drink in me.

You have heard of this thing called Austerity?

Remember the country voted for it in 2010, 2015 and again in 2017.

Things like that are the consequence of council budgets being pillaged.

J

[Bristolhibby]

Councils have had their budgets cut by forty per cent since 2010. Austerity in action.

Haha, beat me to it.

Pianist gets his fingers broken by a gangster and people complain that the pianist can’t play piano very well. Well who’d have thunk it?

Cause and effect of an ideology of small state in action.

J

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[CMurdoch]

Still, at least we have 20mph rolled out.....😂😂

Quite!
Another absurd vanity project

[wookie70]

Some amazing facts and figures in their accounts. When you look at spending on roads which I presume covers pavements it isn't surprising that they have abandoned gritting on all but major routes. If you don't get a broken leg getting to and from the tram you will be fine. Whilst austerity has played a part the Tram project must be one of the big reasons for lack of investment elsewhere. To be fair the trams are making a profit earlier than expected. It will take around 3000 years at £250K profit per year to pay back that investment though not counting taxes and interest. Now that is what you call a vanity project!

http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/8300/key_facts_and_figures_booklet_2016-2017

[Betty Boop]

It’s really unfortunate if anyone falls.

However, if they strived a bit more, they could buy their own salt that they could use.

Makes you wonder why you pay council tax.

[Cat Stanton]

You have heard of this thing called Austerity?

Remember the country voted for it in 2010, 2015 and again in 2017.

Things like that are the consequence of council budgets being pillaged.

J

Oh I love the smell of patronising in the morning... Yes, I'm well aware of austerity, friend, although you may have voted for it in Bristol, we didn't up here.

Were you in Aberdeen yesterday? It's not that a few roads and pavements weren't gritted - nothing whatsoever had been gritted. People couldn't walk. I saw one guy being rescued from a pavement by a policeman, and I presume all elderly people were hiding indoors.

And I'm well aware of different levels of austerity measures, and the cuts in local authorities' budgets - some of it is relevant to my job. But I am talking about the scale of the issue - in a place like Aberdeen, to have done nothing whatsoever across the whole city, was astonishing.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

The entire city was like a skating rink. Not one pavement gritted. Don't know what the **** is going on with the council. Almost came a cropper several times - and that's without a drink in me.

I ended up on my chorus on the way home on Wed night, hopefully nobody saw it! :-)

[itslegaltender]

Pavements were that bad on Wednesday, we walked up the road all the way to Lochend roundabout.

[IGRIGI]

When you have a British Nationalist coalition in charge at the council it's all you can expect.

[Carheenlea]

If that was you I saw sliding it was pretty impressive. :greengrin

Im sure I wasn't the only one to take the opportunity, but maybe one of the few my age.. If it was a 47 year old sporting a Parka and cap it would have been me.
My wife was in Aberdeen city centre with the kids and she was lamenting the poor state of the pavements even round about there on one of the busiest weekends of the year.

[Ardenttwo]

Makes you wonder why you pay council tax.

Official figures from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on Saturday alone in AxE 64 with broken bones due to falling/slipping on icy pavements

[Ardenttwo]

Makes you wonder why you pay council tax.

Official figures from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on Saturday alone in AxE 64 with broken bones due to falling/slipping on icy pavements

[Hibernia&Alba]

Official figures from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on Saturday alone in AxE 64 with broken bones due to falling/slipping on icy pavements

That's actually shocking, and it's the most vulnerable, kids and the elderly, who are most likely to suffer.

[Swedish hibee]

I was shocked by the state of the both the roads & pavements the last time I was in Edinburgh.. and that was not in Winter!

[Hibernia&Alba]

I was shocked by the state of the both the roads & pavements the last time I was in Edinburgh.. and that was not in Winter!

In socialist Sweden you have the best money can buy, and not just in relation to the roads. There's a good reason the Scandinavian countries are always listed as the happiest societies on earth. You don't know you're born out there :greengrin