Surely they’re not serious?
I was walking along Goudhurst Road this morning and decided to take a photograph of the road to add to yesterday’s post:
Yes, that is the road in which Cllr Stamp wants to install a zebra crossing - and I was thinking that Council officers would do the sensible thing and cast the request aside.
What the picture doesn’t show, however, is the fact that, hidden behind the white van in the center of the picture, is another white van parked on the corner of Charing Road. I only just noticed it out of the corner of my eye whilst walking past.
I had to look, in sheer disbelief, take a double-take, then finally a third, less-than-subtle glance, but the fact didn’t change. Clear as day, parked, watching the flow of traffic (oh, and me!), was a van clearly displaying the text, on the bonnet, in large blue letters: “Highway Services“.
If you want to do something useful in Goudhurst Road, guys, then resurface the road just below Twydall Shops. Pave over the grass verges, sell them to the owner of the houses they sit in front of and allow them to turn them into driveways, easing the increasing parking problem.
I can commend their efficiency, but this is absurd! I have been talking to various different people, who all agree that there is no point whatsoever in installing a zebra crossing in Goudhurst - even near the foot of Twydall Shops! How much Council Tax will they waste before they realise that?
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Don’t the people that drive Highways Services vans take them home?
Or maybe they were popping into the bakery!!
Don’t forget the Zebra crossing will reduce the amoutnt of parking, and added to that, you wouldn’t be able to see if anyone was waiting at the crossing behind the vans, thus unwittilingly breaking the law.
Again, I could moan for hours about the council and its roads problems.
April 25th, 2008 at 20:58