Re: Bridge Rd Richmond re-surfacing

On 11/04/2026 16:16, Mal Rowe wrote: > I will be interesting to see how this holds up over the next 12 months > or so. > Richard Youl provides some interesting commentary - and a video to illustrate. He refers to Victoria St in Richmond - a comparable tramway with similar traffic on a narrow roadway. ==== This Victoria St job was done virtually 10 years ago to the day. By chance I recorded the 109 in both directions recently so I took a look at it and would say that 99% of the section done at that time is still in perfectly good order. Victoria St Melbourne   New Tram Track https://youtu.be/i559VzMuSlI In some stretches little patches have been applied. Overall, if there is a fault it’s in an area not just a small spot which suggests that, as you say, the standard of rolling was variable. As this work is done by contractors, there’s always a possibility that they skimped on bitumen thickness in Bridge Road. Actually looking closely at your second photograph and to some degree the first, the bitumen is the full thickness of the rail height now and is sitting firmly on the concrete sleeper base which as we both know certainly was not the case before! ==== Thanks Richard.