Well, there was yet more chaos on the roads today. I also saw a story on the local news tonight which tells how a concrete girder for a bridge has snapped 
as they attempted to span the Fairham Brook. With the Brook being all of 15 feet across – and with it being something that, as kids, we used to cross using planks – it doesn’t fill you with much confidence.
Furthermore, out on a lesson tonight I noticed that they were just setting up “4-way control” temporary lights at the 5-ways junction on Coventry Lane at Balloon Wood. Unless that was just overnight – and it looked like serious business with the number of people there – it looks like the chaos is going to be backed up to that side of the City.
Oh, yes. And this morning as I travelled towards the City from Wilford Hill along the A60 I was relieved to see that the temporary lights at Boundary Road had gone. My joy was short-lived, though. Because they’ve just moved about 200 metres along the road to the fire station. It would appear that Rushcliffe Borough Council is waging all-out war in its quest for the perfect junction for pedestrians. It’s hard to believe that so many motorists can be inconvenienced for such long periods merely to put down fresh tactile paving and dropped kerbs.
What makes it even funnier is that the latest location involves the most underused road imaginable. I think it is even a cul-de-sac. (Edit: They have installed a pedestrian crossing outside the fire station).