Friday, 3 July 2015

Because Without Councils, Nothing Would Get Done..!

Heavy barriers have replaced temporary traffic lights and cones after reports exasperated drivers were throwing them off the road.
*tuts* Typical! People can’t wait five minu…

Oh.
Drivers in Kennington apparently got so fed-up with a (sic) eight-month road closure of Bagley Wood Road…
Eight months..?! What are they doing, supergluing pebbles in by hand?
Oxfordshire County Council closed the road in October to carry out repairs which have still not been done.
*boggle*
This week the cones and traffic lights were replaced with heavy water-filled barriers and traffic priority signs. But it is still not clear when the repairs will actually be done.
Richard Gregory, who lives on the road, said it was still perfectly usable and no worse than many other roads around Oxfordshire.
And the council is – as expected for famously car-phobic Oxford – quite blasé about it:
County council spokeswoman Catarina Walsh said: “We cannot give an absolute date at this present time when we will be carrying out the work as it all hinges on us obtaining permission to go ahead from the district council.
“It will be during the summer months of July or August this year.”
Here’s a tip: maybe close the road when you’ve actually got the permission, and not eight months before? Just a thought…
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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 July 2015 at 09:36

    If they are not servants of the people why are they feeding on our tax? Hang 'em!

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  2. Flaxen Saxon3 July 2015 at 10:36

    My advice: Poke holes in the new barriers. An industrial strength brad awl should do the job. Wait until the water draineth and then remove with aplomb. No change then.

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  3. Lynne at Counting Cats3 July 2015 at 14:17

    Julia, common sense, especially when it comes to local government (more so for central government) is not simply anathema, it is a proscribed evil.

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  4. Ted Treen3 July 2015 at 14:49

    And they wonder why people mutter "Come the revolution..."

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  5. Muggins3 July 2015 at 16:53

    "famously car-phobic Oxford"

    Is it 60000 cars a day that go through Oxford? It's a very very small place for all that traffic.

    Otherwise very funny though - and interesting to know

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  6. John M3 July 2015 at 18:11

    The thing is... we're dealing with people with the intelligence of Council Officials here... that's not a high bar...

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  7. Anonymous4 July 2015 at 11:36

    Why doesn't someone chain the doors to the council offices shut on the grounds they are going to be varnished in 4 months time?
    Penseivat

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  8. JuliaM12 July 2015 at 06:58

    "My advice: Poke holes in the new barriers. An industrial strength brad awl should do the job. Wait until the water draineth and then remove with aplomb."

    They are water filled, are they? Hmmm. Wait until the next drought... :)

    "And they wonder why people mutter "Come the revolution...""

    Sadly, mutter is ALL they do...

    "Is it 60000 cars a day that go through Oxford? It's a very very small place for all that traffic."

    It can't be any smaller than other towns?

    "Why doesn't someone chain the doors to the council offices shut on the grounds they are going to be varnished in 4 months time?"

    :D

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