I took a spin up the high Street to see the impact of our biggest traffic calming works so far. There are lots of road closed signs including 'diversion' pointing right at the top of Mill Road. Heavens to Betsey what is that all about?
Reverse gear etc and round through the uni, up Moulsoe Road past the windsock corner and the road closed signs once again reappear. Here Budgens proclaims accessibility so I headed down there. Which is where these pictures were taken from. I'm not the only one to note that the work was going on over last weekend which was very commendable and I assume has speeded up the works.
I have no idea how the Milton Keynes buses are getting through if at all. If anyone has any reports please email me at cranfield1985@gmail.com
Reverse gear etc and round through the uni, up Moulsoe Road past the windsock corner and the road closed signs once again reappear. Here Budgens proclaims accessibility so I headed down there. Which is where these pictures were taken from. I'm not the only one to note that the work was going on over last weekend which was very commendable and I assume has speeded up the works.
I have no idea how the Milton Keynes buses are getting through if at all. If anyone has any reports please email me at cranfield1985@gmail.com
2 comments:
A view from the centre of the village
They only worked on Saturday because they were behind schedule
Local businesses report slow trading because NO signs were errected at the Eastern side of the roadworks to indicate that said businesses were open as normal.
Don't think that any busses made it to the centre of the village during closure but can't be sure.
Wonder how many accidents have taken place at the High Street/Merchant Lane/Court Road junction in previous years? Can't remember any but a fellow local thinks she can remember one! Does this mean it is money well spent?
Already it is proving difficult to turn left out of Court Road onto the High Street because it's now necessary to wait for those in front to turn right. In turn this makes it harder for school busses and large vehicles to turn into Court Road especially from the eastern side of the High Street.
Some residents have expressed concern that there is limited visibility when coming out of Merchant Lane - difficult because of parked vehicles near the junction and, of course the buildings on either side!
Not sure what the agenda is here but a mini roundabout would have sufficed to slow traffic and I'd have willingly painted that for a tenner.
I'm sure we will all get used to it in time. Now we look forward to viewing the flowerbeds as shown on the original plan! And pigs might fly!
Many thanks for the on-the-ground comment from Pigs Might Fly. I expect there will be some further customer reaction as we move towards completion. I'm promoting this comment to a full blown blog post
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