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The road in front of me was
The road in front of me was blocked by barriers and people trying to fix something and it made me angry that there were other people on the road that was just for me…
Dorset Council campaign to stop highway worker abuse
Construction supervisor, Ben, said: “The worst part is that we’ve started to normalise abuse.
“We come to work almost expecting to be shouted at or told what we do is worthless.”
Ben described witnessing verbal and physical abuse towards colleagues as “unsettling.”
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/25702772.dorset-council-campaign-stop-highway-worker-abuse/
Yeovil businesses ‘will not
Yeovil businesses ‘will not survive’ if council builds on town centre car parks
‘Let me be direct: if these two car parks are redeveloped, many of our businesses will not survive’
But Tim Northcott, who runs OfficeWyse on Princes Street, has warned that buildings on the car parks would hurt the already fragile town centre, urging the council to “protect what is working”.
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/yeovil-businesses-will-not-survive-10703389
Let me be direct – I’m claiming to share concerns about a fragile town centre while putting obstacles in the way of progress by defending my own personal municipal car park. I’ll even enlist the elderly and disabled people just popping out for a ream of A4 and and Epsom cartridge.
Poor old Yeovil – sliced-up by the A30 throughway and like so many places, it has been hollowed-out by the rise on-line shopping. There is so much derilction and unused former retail space, something really needs to be done to re-purpose it.
The place will continue to be crappy if you carry on putting cars first.
An otherwise humdrum account
An otherwise humdrum account of parking charges going up is lifted by a prize quote.
Dover District Council cabinet confirms car park charge increases in Deal and Sandwich
“We’re getting to a point in this country where we’ve not got enough money in our pockets, and cars are very expensive to run.”
Christmas lights display at
Christmas lights display at home in Colonel’s Lane, Boughton-under-Blean could end after traffic complaints
“Could I ask people to try not to come at peak times – Friday, Saturday and Sunday 4.30pm to 7.30pm – as the turnout has been more than we could ever imagine and the waiting times can be 1.5 hours, which is not ideal for the little ones, and the traffic is quite overwhelming.
“Our neighbours and village mean a lot to us, and the last thing we want or even need, to be truthful, is complaints.
1.5 hours of waiting? I don’t have a magic wand for this, but the village hall has a decent-sized car park and it’s a ten minute walk away.
Gosh Parliament, could this
Gosh Parliament, could this broken model of service and “employment” be the inevitable result of your crap decision making around priviatising postal deliveries?
West Sussex: Car crashes into
West Sussex: Car crashes into house and teens detained
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/25696408.west-sussex-car-crashes-house-teens-detained/
“Prolific” cyclist spotted in
“Prolific” cyclist spotted in South Gloucestershire
Frustrated residents hit out over ‘waste of money’ roadworks
Judging by Facebook comments, there could be some awkward moments at the drop-in council meeting
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/regional-news/frustrated-residents-hit-out-over-10701591
Plucky motorist defends the
Plucky motorist defends the rights of the Little Man against the the Big Bad Wolf council – yes, he’s preserved his right to, er, drive past a primary school when it’s tipping out. Quite the achievement.
Tribunal overturns motorists ‘School Streets’ fine in Richmond Road, Gillingham over inadequate signage
In response, a Medway Council spokesman said: “We have successfully defended a number of appeals at this location, and this is the first in which an adjudicator has found against us on signage grounds. ..we remain satisfied that signage at this site is adequate and compliant with the relevant legal standards.”
If your road safety campaign
If your road safety campaign doesn’t follow this basic rule, you don’t really care about road safety that much.
(#SimpleRules No. 341)
(by Heroes for Zero Brussels)
Urban Cycling Institute
A slight stretch to DVLA and
A slight stretch to DVLA and their problems, but I’m pretty sure this is a decent shot at a ‘Christmas is Cancelled’ story.
DVLA accused of ‘total lack of respect’ as free Christmas dinner for staff cancelled
The DVLA has told employees that vouchers previously issued for team Christmas lunches will no longer be available as it looks to ‘ensure responsible use of taxpayers’ money’
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dvla-accused-total-lack-respect-33049157
Feeling your pain, I dId a
Feeling your pain, I dId a Google News search. Mainly, people are trapped in their homes because of broken lifts, or changes to property prices. I can’t see anything saying this situation has been resolved:
Inside Midland street where landslip has left residents blocked in for 12 months
Homeowners in Haden Cross Drive are having to ‘battle it out’ for parking spaces after a landslide left them unable to use their driveways since October last year
For the past 12 months, around a dozen properties have been cut off by a massive mound of earth which has fallen onto Haden Cross Drive in Cradley Heath.
Homeowners say they’ve been forced to park 100 metres down the road, while they have to leave their wheelie bins at the bottom of the street and “cart” their shopping all the way back up.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/inside-midland-street-landslip-left-32589655
For the bonus, “I told you so” – from 2020
‘Nightmare roadworks have
‘Nightmare roadworks have made us prisoners in our own homes’
Pupils have reportedly ended up in detention for being late
Roadworks on the edge of a residential estate in Gloucester are causing mayhem for residents who say they feel like prisoners in their own homes.
Nobody is listening. It’s taking people up to 2 hours to drive 2 miles.
Another resident said it took around 25 minutes to drive the length of just seven cars in the estate.
Woodingdean couple fined
Woodingdean couple fined while renewing blue badges
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/25693417.woodingdean-couple-fined-renewing-blue-badges/?ref=cprfa
The multiple health problems and the two parked cars in the picture – something doesn’t quite add up here – e.g. are residential spots patrolled that assiduously in an out of the way spot like this?
Let’s see how the comments play out.
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/25693417.woodingdean-couple-fined-renewing-blue-badges/?ref=cprfa
Kimberley denied the claims
Kimberley denied the claims and told the Guardian there was no legal basis for the demands, adding the letter was written as if “someone fed into ChatGPT ‘write me an angry legal letter’”.
Another plug for Dorset
Another plug for Dorset standing in for Yorkshire Shaftesbury and Gold Hill. Largely car-free Gold Hill. Shame about the High Street.
All together now: daa daa daa da-daa, daa-da daa-da daa …
Picturesque Dorset spot that’s like stepping in a fairytale
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/25687502.picturesque-dorset-spot-like-stepping-fairytale/
