Between Kışla and Kalkan, the upper carriageway of the D400 has not got its tar surface yet, and the road is very dusty, and covered in loose chippings.  It is a nightmare if you are on two wheels, with cars whipping up dust and stones as they speed past.  

If we get rain, this will bring equally hazardous muddy and slippery conditions - so please take care.

Below: The junction near Luka restaurant, is closed to traffic (Şehitler Caddesi).

Below: A channel in the D400, for the new water pipes.

Kışla Caddesi
The service road, Kışla Caddesi, is just about passable in a car, but it is very bumpy and very muddy.  If you are on a scooter it's hard work, and if you are walking - good luck!  Don't wear any decent shoes.

Quite apart from the fact that it was pretty rough to start with, they are now laying cables along some parts of the road, so watch out for big trenches and piles of soil.  See below.

The Belediye tell us this is a priority to get finished in time for the start of the season.  That will be some achievement, if it happens.

Town centre
Turning now to the roads in town, there are assorted holes here and there, so please take care if you are on four wheels, two wheels, or just walking.

The main issue at the moment is roadworks caused by the laying of new electric cables. See an earlier KTLN report for details of which roads are affected, (with photos).

Most of the channels have now been filled in, however the road is uneven and there are many tripping hazards. It is going to take some time to restore the road surface to anything near a reasonable standard.

It's impossible to say how long, because it depends on how many men are assigned the task of repairing the roads. Looking at the state of things at the moment, our guess is a minimum of several days, if not a couple of weeks.

Below: The road behind the Samira hotel, and close to Oz Adana restaurant.

Elsewhere in town, you will find assorted road obstacles, (construction materials and holes), including several along the length of Kalamar Road. The areas of Kızıltaş, Kışla and Kalamar Bay don't seem too bad right now.

Bus station
There were some roadworks recently in front of the bus station, which built up the road surface where passengers get on and off the buses.  We assume this is to make sure rainwater flows away, so passengers don't step into puddles.

We have not had any significant rain since the work was completed, to see where the water collects.

Can we also point out that along Kalkan's streets, you will soon find 15 bus stops, just like the one below.  KTLN plans to bring you details of local routes and associated timetables quite soon.

But then the edge of the road began to fall away, and the final 50 metres of road, adjacent to the D400 crumbled, leaving a very uneven section. It is still passable, however over recent weeks there has been a lot of activity to strengthen the road edges, and you may still see some large construction vehicles in the area.

Below: The new road to Patara, to the right of the photo, with a canal running parallel, to the left.

Closer to the Patara ruins, you will see that contractors have been laying a stone road - basically from just outside the entrance kiosk, towards the main ruins. When we were last there, it was coming along nicely, but there was still considerable work in progress.

And whilst on the subject of entering the ruins at Patara, you may like to know that the site is now run by TURSAB, on behalf of the Turkish government.  The cost to get in this year is 5TL per day, (same as last year), for everyone over 12 years of age.

The charge is to access the ruins, not to use the beach, but as the road to the beach passes through the ruins, you must pay.

If you don't mind walking over sand dunes, (below), you can get to the beach free of charge, via the road we highlighted recently, where we found the monster mobile home from Ohio.