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Jan 7 2011, 05:26 PM
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I think most of us are aware that WBC wants to ban buses in Northbrook Street, scrap the taxi rank in the Market Place, and sundry other bits and bobs to address town centre traffic issues. This is to be decided next weekThey seemed to have missed me off their consultation, but did ask some 'interest groups' and here's what they said, with the WBC response on the right. What do you all think?
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Jan 11 2011, 06:15 PM
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I drive around Newbury quite a lot for work and very rarely find the traffic heavy, even at peak times.
I think the officer's comments on the use of Parkway were interesting - people prefer to sit in heavy parkway traffic rather than use the 339 which is almost always moving freely, an observation which I'd agree with. There appears to be something of a cultural thing here which I guess is historic which I don't understand as I've only lived 15 years.
I don't use the highstreet that much, but I would like it to be pedestrianised all the time for the reasons made in other posts. I think it would be a good idea to have the market square pedestrianised all the time too, though it is a dismal place most of the time, though that's partly due to the taxis.
The one bit of town where traffic is ridiculous is the Tesco roundabout and entrance to the trading estate, and I wonder if this is all part of the WBC plan to blight out-of-town shopping, because the whole thing appears to have been very badly planned if indeed it was planned at all.
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Jan 11 2011, 06:48 PM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jan 11 2011, 06:15 PM) I drive around Newbury quite a lot for work and very rarely find the traffic heavy, even at peak times.
I think the officer's comments on the use of Parkway were interesting - people prefer to sit in heavy parkway traffic rather than use the 339 which is almost always moving freely, an observation which I'd agree with. There appears to be something of a cultural thing here which I guess is historic which I don't understand as I've only lived 15 years. I agree. Most times when I walk over the bridge at 6ish I see traffic tailed back along Parkway however the Ring Road is almost always moving freely. I wonder why people still use the bridge day after day?
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