Missing manhole cover
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Missing manhole cover
Postby am50em » Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:24 pm
on the commute home tonight, came across a manhole cover missing one of the two cover plates on the
shared footpath/cycleway along Pennant Hills Road Thornleigh. The open hole was about 900mm x 900mm and over 1200mm deep.
Given that the covers are a dark colored steel, the difference between the remaining cover plate and the open hole
was not obvious at a distance. Fortunately my lights (Ay Ups) allowed me to pick it out and avoid it, though it was a close call.
Marked the hole with some large cut up branches and placed a large piece of cardboard vertically.
Once I got home, called the police who said they would send a car out to investigate and make sure it was made safe.
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Re: Missing manhole cover
Postby lethoso » Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:44 pm
almost sounds like you were making a booby trapam50em wrote:Marked the hole with some large cut up branches
I came across an open manhole a while back when I was riding home one night. Scary as hell as I couldn't see it until I was just about right on top of it (even with my ayups).
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Re: Missing manhole cover
Postby am50em » Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:08 pm
Yes I was a bit worried about that but they were large logs so you really would not want to ride over them!lethoso wrote:almost sounds like you were making a booby trapam50em wrote:Marked the hole with some large cut up branches
I came across an open manhole a while back when I was riding home one night. Scary as hell as I couldn't see it until I was just about right on top of it (even with my ayups).
The added vertical cardboard should have dissuaded the bunny-hoppers - I hope.
Maybe I should carry little reflective safety triangles to leave around dangers on the commute home.
Though it would be hard to get the moron motorists to stay within the triangles
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Re: Missing manhole cover
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Re: Missing manhole cover
Postby CommuRider » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:50 pm
So is the price of steel increasing hence missing manhole covers ?
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Re: Missing manhole cover
Postby trailgumby » Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:35 pm
Looking down through the gap, there's nothing between you and the water 30m below.
Seems to have stopped so far this year fortunately.
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Re: Missing manhole cover
Postby Mulger bill » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:00 am
Big plus lots to that. You coulda saved someones life.winstonw wrote:good on you for doing the right thing. many wouldn't.
Hang on,,, it isn't near 'Arold Skrulooses house is it?
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Re: Missing manhole cover
Postby am50em » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:19 pm
with police tape wrapped around. So it was more obvious that there is an obstruction. Now to see how long before the
cover is actually replaced.
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Re: Missing manhole cover
Postby gdt » Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:10 am
Give the owner of the pit a call. We hate it when they lose lids and fixing broken pits is a high priority. Not just the risk to the public (which is substantial if it is a stormwater drain cover, every council has one horror story), but the PITA that is emptying out the water after it rains (that's going to be my job in hell, sitting around watching a pump empty a pit).am50em wrote:Now to see how long before the cover is actually replaced.
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Re: Missing manhole cover
Postby am50em » Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:57 pm
It was not fixed on friday afternoon when I went by so when I got home I googled Telstra and missing manhole cover. This brought up a web page where after selecting two options it said ring this number. Which I did. Unfortunately the person appeared to have little grasp of english. Had to spell out the all the names and then they were still confusing suburb with street name. After repeatedly telling them Thorneligh is the suburb and not the street I gave up. Why can't they have a simple web form to enter the address or better yet a google maps page where you could mark the location?gdt wrote:Give the owner of the pit a call. We hate it when they lose lids and fixing broken pits is a high priority. Not just the risk to the public (which is substantial if it is a stormwater drain cover, every council has one horror story), but the PITA that is emptying out the water after it rains (that's going to be my job in hell, sitting around watching a pump empty a pit).am50em wrote:Now to see how long before the cover is actually replaced.
However the good news is the cover was replaced when I rode past today.
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Re: Missing manhole cover
Postby dude18 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:09 pm
It uses your phone GPS and you can add details such as photos and description, and creates a report that gets sent automatically to the council or responsible parties. I've used it many times and they deal with a range of problems: graffiti, damage, potholes, etc... Give it a try. They do some good work
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Re: Missing manhole cover
Postby master6 » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:49 pm
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Re: Missing manhole cover
Postby gdt » Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:46 pm
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Re: Missing manhole cover
Postby biftek » Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:23 am
meh industry jargon call it what you want but people will still understand what you mean you , the cover over the holegdt wrote:The trade call them "pit lids" or just "lids". I've never heard them called a "manhole cover" in the trade.
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