[USMA:31897] Re: CADOT reversions

[Stephen Humphreys]

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<<<and even the British road authorities use metric for construction, even when the road signs are Imperial.>>>

 

Actually the British road authorities have no choice but to use metric for construction - its a rule from the EU that bypasses the elected parliament of the UK.  On the other hand British roads are still forced to use imperial for signs for the population due to a law passed by the elected house yonks ago (to which the UK has derogation).  Its madness that construction and road works are done in metric but all signs are erected having translated it back into Imperial.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of H. Maenen
Sent: 13 January 2005 08:23
To: U.S. Metric Association
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Subject: [USMA:31891] Re: CADOT reversions

I do not know exactly what happens in California, but as Ireland is a member of the EU, Californias reversion, probably forced by the contractors, is utterly irrelevant to Ireland. 
As we all know, no EU member state is going to 'revert' and even the British road authorities use metric for construction, even when the road signs are Imperial.

Han

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Message date : 12-01-2005 17:41
From : "Tom Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To : "U.S. Metric Association"
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Subject : [USMA:31885] CADOT reversions
Just for clarification,

When the California Dept of Transport reverted to Colonial units as per
TEA-21, did they do away with the metric requirement (effectively permitting
tenders in either metric or Colonial), or must all tenders be in Colonial
units ?

I ask because the BWMA were in correspondence with our Dept of Transport
trying to convince them our speed sign changeover was a bad idea.  One of
the things they stated was that CADOT "decided last August to end the use of
metric
units for the construction of state highways".

Regards

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