None too convenient when you need a wee down the alley where Wilkos was, but handy in other ways; all-seeing eye Noel has spotted something on his CCTV which is worth its weight in gold to anyone who dares to drive through Devizes. Northgate Street is apparently now open to one-way traffic like months of closure never happened…
Be aware when navigating or painting a St George’s Cross on it, you’ve probably got used to hurtling across the Brewery roundabout like you’re Immortan Joe on a promise, but now you’ve got a thing called “right of way” to consider. Not that it ever bothered anyone at the Station Road roundabout further along.
Road improvements at Shane’s Castle might still be the subject of petty town politicising, and a Conservative councillor’s golden egg in which to fib about some Guardians because they didn’t kiss his ring during the Vice Chair of the Governance and Personnel Committee voting process, but that’s just bureaucratic toys being launched from prams for no valid reason, provided we take some care at the junction; as if!
I turn right there because, like my sat-nav says, I have no fear! Somebuddy gimmie a HGV.
No, this is much better news, less slanderous and far more relevant. The north gateway to the Market Place was closed after a fire, back in what feels like the nineteen-seventies, and you couldn’t even grab a kebab while you contemplated the effects it would have on the flow of traffic, bus stop confusion, and loss of revenue to an entire corner of the town.
To see it open again is like a breath of fresh carbon monoxide, and I’m certain heavy goods vehicles and other through traffic will celebrate by ducking down there just for the crack….because they can.
It’s like Christmas came early, in an area plagued by roadworks. Unlike the accident blackspot aptly called the Black Dog Crossroads, where, after millenia of campaigning, the Munster finally pulled his finger out of the Green Party’s bum, and the installation of traffic lights is ongoing, causing chaos on the school run, as if no one has heard of four-way traffic lights in Lavington.
Breaking update ….or braking update: it’s only one-way, guys, don’t get over excited. One way the wtong way, btw, for if went into the Market Place rather than out it might have reason to use it. Heading out of the Market Place is a test of human kindness in Devizes, as no traffic has to give way to you. At the last count, it was a twenty-five to one probability there’s someone kindly enough in town to surrender their right of way and allow you through. If that doesn’t say it all about levels of human kindness in Devizes, I don’t know what does!
Seriously, take care out there and drive with consideration of others. Remember, Noel is watching you.
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