Saw this on the local news last night. A 30+ mile diversion is going to cause a few problems over Easter if they can't get it sorted. I am not that close but have mapped this area a bit in the past.
No real view either way on adding the restriction to OSM. Good for users who keep their data up-to-date but potentially not so good for people who update infrequently. Kevin On Wed, Apr 3, 2019, at 5:51 PM, ael via Talk-GB wrote: > With some hesitation, I have just added access = no to New Bridge > in Gunnislake. > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/608610775 > > This is one of only two major routes across the lower Tamar, so it is > of major importance for routing applications. > > The bridge has been closed after an accident damaged the structure, and > it has been suggested that may be shut until 1st May. > > I know the area fairly well, and I believe that I had edited the bridge > several times in the past, although the history now only seems to go back > for around a year with edits from non local (armchair?) mappers. > > The relevance of that comment is that I am not aware of any very local > mappers. > > Anyway, have I overlooked a way to tag a temporary restriction like > this? I have put a note in my dairy to remind me to check the tagging in > a week or two, but I could still forget ... which would be unfortunate > :-) > > ael > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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