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Topic ID 2845
05/06/2007 by Veyron500
Chainsaws at 2am?
Did anyone else hear the chainsaw and the heavy handed workmen disturbing the peace by throwing around bits of metal at 2 am? I thought it may have been work on the railway or possibly the roadworks up near the Esso garage, surely they're not allowed to be making so much noise at night?
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Reply ID 41005
05/06/2007 by Steve
Yep, very likely coming from Hertford East. They've had maintenance crews on site overnight for the last week and I can confirm they've been using power tools at the hours you mention.
Reply ID 41006
06/06/2007 by Ewoowar
Or possibly the road maintenance as you mentioned. There's quite a racket out there now.
Reply ID 41010
06/06/2007 by Drama Queen
Good grief, is it necessary for them to do the work at that time of day? How about 2pm or such like? Where's Environmental health when you need them?????[:(!]
Reply ID 41011
06/06/2007 by Ewoowar
I expect they can't win. If they do the work in the day the disruption to the traffic would be much, much greater and people would complain and suggest they did it at a quieter time.
I also think it allows them to complete the work in a shorter period.
Reply ID 41013
06/06/2007 by Aelle
I think thats right, they have got quite a lot of resurfacing done in the last couple of nights. However it has kept me awake until 4 AM the last two mornings. Apparently they're not allowed to use jackhammers etc. after midnight but the vibrating road roller makes the whole house shake. Not really conducive to a good night's sleep.
Reply ID 41015
06/06/2007 by newgirl
Any idea if that is related to the two flodlights which appeared last night? I though they were on Tescos but are actually on a pitched roof behind Tescos (not sure if that's still part of the shop or not). The lights are incredibly bright and are dominating the night sky (and the day sky too)
Reply ID 41016
06/06/2007 by Ewoowar
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Originally posted by newgirl
Any idea if that is related to the two flodlights which appeared last night? I though they were on Tescos but are actually on a pitched roof behind Tescos (not sure if that's still part of the shop or not). The lights are incredibly bright and are dominating the night sky (and the day sky too)
I would be surprised. The roadwoks are not near there.
Reply ID 41017
06/06/2007 by steven
That could be the Hertford East works couldn't it? I don't know, one reason I moved house was to get out of using Hertford East!
Reply ID 41363
12/06/2007 by simcut
It was a Slipknot tribute act :P
Reply ID 41376
12/06/2007 by James007
CS Productions new 'peace' maybe?
Reply ID 41377
12/06/2007 by James007
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Originally posted by Drama Queen
Good grief, is it necessary for them to do the work at that time of day? How about 2pm or such like? Where's Environmental health when you need them?????[:(!]
Drama Queen - THE NUMBER IS:
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12/06/2007 by Drama Queen
Thank you, but its not affecting me, more's the pity.. I do wonder why they pick the night when it must cost the contractors double or even treble pay for the staff to do the work... thereby stopping other projects maybe from being done as there is no cash in the kitty so to speak.. Worth thinking about as its bound to be our taxpayers cash at the end of the day....
Reply ID 41383
12/06/2007 by Marilyn
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Originally posted by Drama Queen
Thank you, but its not affecting me, more's the pity.. I do wonder why they pick the night when it must cost the contractors double or even treble pay for the staff to do the work... thereby stopping other projects maybe from being done as there is no cash in the kitty so to speak.. Worth thinking about as its bound to be our taxpayers cash at the end of the day....
In this case it is because it is such a busy road and to avoid making the traffic situation worse I think. I do feel for those people who live in North Road/ Hertingfordbury Road area it must be affecting their and their childrens sleep.
Reply ID 41392
12/06/2007 by minnie
It does, but it's not too bad. If it's got to be done, it's got to be done. And everyone would complain if the roads were closed during the day.
Reply ID 41397
12/06/2007 by Marilyn
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Originally posted by minnie
It does, but it's not too bad. If it's got to be done, it's got to be done. And everyone would complain if the roads were closed during the day.
Very understanding of you Minnie, can you imagine the traffic chaos closing during the day would cause, backed up to Hatfield I suspect!
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