30 ******* minutes..

[Biomech]

And notice, very extreme traffic delays and the HT is silent once again.

[Roger]

You're absolutely correct. Half the problem is people doing things they aren't supposed to (like that) and half is people being forced to do things they aren't supposed to by the complete lack of traffic management.

 

But imagine trying to get from the bridge to the doctors at the end of East Street without actually going down it :P

 

If you're parked in West Street car park then need to drive to the doctors opposite the East St Junction then you've got to go via the inner ESG ring road, Commercial Square, Union Street, St Peters Sq. You can get to the ring road by going to the Asda roundabout and going right round coming back on yourself. Or right into Barton Road, Ryelands Street, Whitecross Road. 

 

Or you could go through the 'access only' sign in East Street and do the trip in 10% of the time! The chance of getting stopped by the cops is remote. There's no incentive for them to prioritise it as they don't get the money from the fixed fines.

 

Several hundred cars a day illegally access East Street. You can only go into it if your destination cannot be reached by any other route. So anything up to Offa Street basically. You can't even use it to go to St. John St. as you can get there by going straight across from Offa Street.