a three way traffic light system in Shrewton on a Friday and of all Fridays..... this particular Friday - i.e. the bank holiday Friday!!" These are the words from a Shrewton resident to the OPEN REACH guys who, this morning arrived and commenced the job of fixing an apparent "line down" right at our mini roundabout and in the middle of RAT RUN. We phoned https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/highways-contact-us and spoke to their Senior Transport Engineer who are the authority to setting up such work and they had.....no note of this job...
The job number, as you see on the board is noted TBA but someone gave them the "green light" to go ahead anyway 😡 In just 10 minutes this is the build up of traffic while the boss-man goes up in his cherry picker to interrogate the box at the top of the telegraph pole while stationery traffic builds up on the High Street and A360 in both directions. We have to wait while this interrogation exercise is carried out to know if the job will be 10 minutes or 10 hours!
Looking at our High Street this afternoon, it's a good thing the job only took 20 minutes and they had packed up and were gone.....worn out cables apparently!!! I do wonder what has happened to maintenance these days?? Had the job taken long into the afternoon, with their 3 way traffic lights still in place, traffic would have backed up to Rollestone Cross Roads and with traffic approaching from the West, we could have ended up in a traffic loop.....such fun?
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