Well spring may have come just that bit closer today but so has the roadworks season. Why oh why do the powers that be have to start major roadworks on main roads just before the Easter holidays?
I went over to collect Eden this afternoon and ran into no fewer than three very major roadworks which had traffic queued up for a long way in every direction. These weren't just simple holes in the roads but works which stretched from 100 yards to over half a mile and the notices say that they will last anything from four to six weeks. All of this is taking place on a journey of twenty six miles.
At this time of the year I am fully aware that councils start to repair the potholes caused by frosts, snow and rain after the winter weather has departed but they haven't even started on his work just yet. No, this is the start of the 'lets-see-how-many-motorists-we-can-p**s-off-by-digging-thumping-great-holes-and-trenches-on-major-routes' season!
The season will last at least until after August bank holiday so I suppose we had better get used to it. Perhaps we should all write to our MP's and ask the goverment and local councils to issue a timetable and map of all planned roadworks so that those of us who are likely to encounter them can make alternative arrangements to our travel plans in order to avoid these disruptions where possible.
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