Pyes Pa Rd near Barkes Cnr Roundabout
Hi Residents, Can anyone please let me know what was achieved (apart from traffic chaos) by installing the ‘silent Policemen’ on the road side of the Bike Lane just before Barkes Cnr Roundabout on Pyes Pa Rd, which causes drivers to jerk away from them when they finally see them. Prior to there installation, the traffic broke from a single file to a double line back at Braithwaite or Stableford, which meant the traffic moved quicker with two lanes entering the roundabout. I get that we shouldn’t really drive over the Cycle lane but travelling at between 6:30am and 7:30am when most commuters are heading to work! I usually see a maximum of 4 Cycles and all are using the footpath, that seemed to allow everyone to work in tandem and everyone was happy. Fast forward to now, and the tailback goes right back from the Barkes Cnr Roundabout to 12 Acre Wood which is crazy that 8 Silent Policemen can cause traffic to back up like that. Please advise why the Council decided they were a necessity! I hope there is a sound reason apart from cheesing drivers off, or words to that effect , some of which I can’t print in this Post. Cheers
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Interesting responses to my post. Two in particular piqued my interest. Suzanne Williams and her comments about whinging about everything-Suzanne it is not about whinging. It is more about raising concerns about an undemocratic regime forced on us and then seeing the commissioners wanting to keep their sinecure. Greg Reardon "I vote to keep the commissioners"-Greg the point is that you do not have a vote. Look I get it-democracy is imperfect. Some of our previously elected councillors were rubbish-ego driven and feeding from the trough (not unlike our commissioners). But it is what we have got. It is better to have an imperfect democracy than an unelected and unaccountable cartel of commissioners who say "we know what is good for you".
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