\nWe\u2019re going to maintain the maximum possible access\u2026 we\u2019re continuing to have the discussions and work with our County Council highways colleagues and the tram project team\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Well, as I say, a year down the line, Chilwell is STILL closed, and so are numerous other roads in Beeston and Chilwell. All have been long term closures, with absolutely no end in sight. Exactly the same is true of Clifton where, I believe, the Clifton Chinese on Varney Road has closed permanently due to the loss of business caused by tram works there. Other retailers have previously mentioned their own reduced takings \u2013 in some cases down from hundreds of pounds a day (in Clifton) to just a few tens. And Wilford is similarly gridlocked by the insane attempts to \u201cmaintain the maximum possible access\u201d.<\/p>\n
All the traffic prevented from going one way, and then another, and then yet another, is being funnelled into an ever decreasing number of bottlenecks. That\u2019s why Nottingham is at a standstill every night.<\/strong> And as the BBC report says, many of these closures are expected to last into next year.<\/strong><\/p>\nSo it is hilarious to see Urquhart \u2013 now a much braver soul than the frightened rabbit she was this time last year \u2013 pontificating one more time.<\/p>\n
\nAll the works are part of a \u00a3750m investment to build a better Nottingham and deliver a world-class integrated transport system for the city. <\/p>\n
The work we are doing causes disruption while we are doing it but it’s always our aim of giving us a better transport system for the future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
One thing that hasn\u2019t changed is the utter bollocks she habitually spouts. It is difficult to fathom how such ineffectual specimens as her rise to positions like the one she holds, when they are clearly useless at what they do (and the growing road chaos caused by the group of which she is the \u201cleader\u201d is proof enough of that statement). Her idea of \u201cbetter\u201d is six steps back, then one step forward. And that\u2019s if we\u2019re lucky. <\/p>\n
The tram \u2013 both the original, and Phase II (which is primarily responsible for the current chaos) is a monumental waste of money and resources. Once the gleam wears off the new stuff, it looks shabby and ill-kept. All the original tram installations look filthy, and the trains themselves a mess as they don their oft-changed advertising livery. The green LED illuminations on the bridges are long gone (or broken). The trains are nearly always empty \u2013 even if they are busy during rush hour, it\u2019s only on one or two stages, and the average is pulled down by the dearth of passengers 80% of the time. That\u2019s why fares have gone up to the point where passengers are seeking alternative modes of transport. Trams are NOT environmentally friendly to start with \u2013 and they are even less so when there is no one on them. <\/p>\n
And as a closing comment, out on the roads today I saw two Severn Trent repair sites with the ubiquitous temporary lights \u2013 and a flood on Mapperley Plains at the junction with Coppice Road, which is really<\/strong> going to cause hold ups when Severn Trent dig up that road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The idiots at Nottingham City Council (NCC) just haven\u2019t got a clue! From Monday, the Bardills roundabout on the A52 towards Derby will see the start of three weeks of major road works. The A52 is (or was) the only way to get to Long Eaton without being gridlocked by overrunning tram works in Beeston […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80,102,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adi-related","category-general-related","category-transport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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see, the A52 along Clifton Boulevard is currently backed up to Clifton Bridge every rush hour, and from anywhere between 3pm (when the mummies start the school run) and 7.30pm (when the flow finally eases) entirely as a result of Tramicide (that\u2019s a word I coined to simplify what the tram stands for). Of course, if there is an event on at Nottingham\u2019s Ice Arena \u2013 one of the worst-sited entertainment venues in the known universe \u2013 then traffic can be much worse, as city-bound roads also become gridlocked.<\/p>\n