[U/C] M2 North-South Motorway

[Nathan]

Noticed someone's already made their way up on the bridge and tagged all over it

Considering there are crews working on the project all night, how the hell does that happen?

[rev]

Noticed someone's already made their way up on the bridge and tagged all over it

Considering there are crews working on the project all night, how the hell does that happen?

They're not working on every section simultaneously every night(or day) continuously.
That's how it happened. Because punk kids jump fences. Because they are kids. Bored. Nothing better to do. Want to rebel. Hate authority and being told what to do. Because some are shit heads.

I drove through Pym street every day last week and only once did I see a worker at the intersection..and he was collecting bottles and other rubbish from inside the fenced off areas.

[how good is he]

They probably even stole the security cameras if they were connected...

[Brucetiki]

Noticed someone's already made their way up on the bridge and tagged all over it

Considering there are crews working on the project all night, how the hell does that happen?

Looks like they've had today and yesterday off and the punks took advantage of it.

[Llessur2002]

Absolutely inevitable that this would happen (and will continue to happen) - it's such a prominent spot.

Will be interesting to see how and if this is combatted in the future - I'm not sure that cameras would even be a massive deterrent. I reckon taggers would be happy to run the gauntlet, get up there, spray a tag and leg it before the cops arrive.

Chuck a couple of Wilson guys up there all night every night for the next 50 years?

[Goodsy]

Absolutely inevitable that this would happen (and will continue to happen) - it's such a prominent spot.

Will be interesting to see how and if this is combatted in the future - I'm not sure that cameras would even be a massive deterrent. I reckon taggers would be happy to run the gauntlet, get up there, spray a tag and leg it before the cops arrive.

Chuck a couple of Wilson guys up there all night every night for the next 50 years?

Commission actual artists to do something good with it or paint it with a paint resistant coating

[Waewick]

CCTV and long jail time.

[Nathan]

Commission actual artists to do something good with it

I wish that worked. Other street artists tend to leave work alone, but taggers don't give a shit.

[Kasey771]

Commission actual artists to do something good with it

I wish that worked. Other street artists tend to leave work alone, but taggers don't give a shit.

Armed patrols? shoot the first tagging scrote and the rest'll learn quick-smart! I wish

[HeapsGood]

Most big spray paint murals deter graffiti tagging... they just need to have less blank spaces....the little losers will spray and kind of area without detail.

[Nathan]

Most big spray paint murals deter graffiti tagging... they just need to have less blank spaces....the little losers will spray and kind of area without detail.

Nope. I've seen plenty of murals that have been defaced by taggers. They might hold off a little longer than if it was a blank wall, but once one appears then it becomes open season.

[Llessur2002]

Yeah, sadly the train mural at Brompton only took a few months to be tagged. Just rubbish stuff too, nothing remotely arty or talented.

A couple of years ago the fantastic mural on the tram overpass at Forestville Reserve was heavily tagged before it was even finished. Once the artists moved out it was absolutely ruined within a week and painted over by the council just a couple of months after its completion.

As per the above comment, at best they'll delay things for a little while but will inevitably be tagged in due course.

[rhino]

When caught they should have their own trendy clothes and shoes tagged (with their own spray paint, until the tins are empty)and be told that if their attitude is "who cares? It's not my property" then that is society's attitude towards them, too.

[ChillyPhilly]

The latest from Nearmap, taken Saturday, 21 January. This shows the intersection with Grange Road. Work continues on and around the bridge deck.



Multi-view, looking north:


Multi-view, looking south:

[HeapsGood]

A few pages back there were suggestions on linking the SE Freeway with the the Sth/Nth Corridor.

Still something that can be achieved? What is the best way to do this?

The end of the SE Freeway, traveling down Cross Road, linking up to the corridor?

The end of the SE Freeway, down Glen Osmond Road (thus going straight to the CBD), down Greenhill - linking up to the corridor?

Would there be any viability in the option below? (although I imagine it probably goes through a hell of a lot of hills and would be expensive.)