Category Archives: road works

All quiet on the West St Helen Street front

New Road
Work began on Monday morning to resurface West St Helen Street. For a time there was two way traffic on what is normally a one way street. The road was done in sections. Monday was from the church to just below St Helens Court.
New Road
Tuesday they did most of the road up to Lombard Street.
New Road
Today, Wednesday, they did just the top bit. So apart from needing lines it looks complete.

Traffic might be flowing again normally if people knew the road has re-opened, but as they don’t, it is all quiet on the West St Helen Street front.

Road works soon moving from East to West

Road works
No sooner had the drainage works been completed at the top of East St Helen Street but work was begun by Southern Electric. That work is still on-going, digging up a lot of the pavements.
Road works
Meanwhile in West St Helen Street, the puzzling white markings saying FULR and FULP,  reported on this blog some time back, have been replaced by other markings.
Road works
Roadworks will soon be moving to West St Helen Street – which is about to be resurfaced.

While the work is in progress the one way system on St Helen’s Wharf Bridge will be removed. It is the week that schools go back and so there could be delays at times.
Road works
Near the earlier road works on East St Helen Street… last week Sue Ryder were reported in the Abingdon Herald under the headline “Charity shop hurt by road’s closure“.

Today they will have a Fundraising Day.

FULR and FULP

FULR FULP and DROP
About a week ago markings appeared up the paths of East and West St Helen Street. This zig-a-zag dragons back has the letters FULR beneath.
FULR FULP and DROP
Near the Salvation Army there are DROP and FULP (or possibly PULP) and a few scattered Xs and incomplete arrows.

I keep my ear to the ground normally, but on this one I have heard nothing. Has anybody heard what it all means?