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Conference govt02::basingstoke

Title: * BASINGSTOKE - Gateway to Wessex *
Notice:BASINGSTOKE - John Arlott lived here - then left, I wonder why
Moderator:COMICS::CORNEJ
Created:Wed Jul 27 1988
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:925
Total number of notes:5875

321.0. "Another Roundabout" by COMICS::LANG (Harvey Lang UK/CSC) Mon Jul 02 1990 15:06

     Has anybody noticed ANY improvement since the ultimate roundabout
    construction in Basingstoke? ie:- the entire town centre is now surrounded 
    by a one-way system !
    
     I've been in on Saturday AND today (Monday), and the traffic was
    nose-tail right along New Road. 
    
    Good old Basingstoke Council...there not there for the nasty things in
    life , like improving the system !!
    
    H
    
    
    
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321.1I like itBEEZER::WEGGIan Wegg - UK TSCMon Jul 02 1990 15:264
    Actually I found it to be an improvemnt. I found getting out of
    the car park a lot easier.
    
    I.
321.2MeetooCOMICS::SAYERSMon Jul 02 1990 15:295
    
    I also found it to be a great improvement, it means I can cross the
    road without being run over whilst fleeing from killer bees.
    
    T.
321.3COMICS::HACKMon Jul 02 1990 15:393
    I agree with the last two, definitly a change for the better.
    
    G.
321.4The arrow ws pointing my way !! I think ??COMICS::MILLARNo Porn please I'm GraphicMon Jul 02 1990 16:1714
    I noticed as I made my graceful way round the "one way"  that somebody
    didn't no that it was one way.  Funny the expresion on his face when he
    saw me on a collision course under Martines.  Thing was I started to
    panic about the same time as he did.  A few hand signals later it was
    all sorted out.
    
    
    
    Regards
    
    Bruce
    
    PS:  Has anybody noticed how the tunnel under Martines looks better
    than the interior of Martines.
321.5SOFBA1::LIVINGSTONEface in the crowd..Tue Jul 03 1990 05:253
    Oh god, and just when I figured I had them mastered!
    
             8^D
321.6Actually, I quite agree with .1 - .4SCOTMN::WOODEl VaqueroMon Jul 23 1990 13:188
Why don't they just make it a one way system at peak hours, thus avoiding
traffic conjestion and also keeping those people who preferred the old system
happy too, simple. Another suggestion would be to have everybody go
clockwise on Monday, Wednesday & Friday and anti-clockwise on Tuesday,
Thursday & Saturday. Then you could use Sunday to try out other suggestions !

Richard