Work at night

“@jimjamjonny
Are you out of your tiny mind?? Whatever were you thinking of man....Open the bus lane?? They couldn't possibly do something as outrageous and, mind-numbingly crazy as this, what, you, mean, let a car use a bus-lane, oh my god, whatever next, buses being allowed to use the only car lane on Royal Parade??”

“safe for cyclists??? you will still ignore red lights and drive on the pavement. So no its a not a cheap price to pay”

“Just think how it is going to help we cyclists and pedestrians. Surely its a small price to pay for our safety.”

“open the bus lanes to cars.”

“sonofmedrew.... he he that made me chuckle... why didnt i think of getting a pedalo...could make a fortune by taking passengers and charging them ;-) could be a new business venture, cant see things being any better once roadworks are done, pcc seem determined to punish car drivers ..bleddy bus lanes everywhere!”

“I agree with you as well Stuart but complaining on the pages of the Herald is like banging one's head repeatedly against a brick wall.

There are a few threads on here already about this repeated insult to our intelligence but try getting any replies or answers out of the officials who have the actual power to do something sensible about it.

If they do in fact even read any of these legitimate complaints it is apparent that they don't have the cojones to admit they have yet again gotten it very wrong and have yet again caused total chaos in this City. Too expensive to work 24/7, where does that come from?

The priority should be with getting commerce back to normal in a city of this size as quickly as possible. What about the money that is being lostevery minute by everyone sitting in traffic jams for hours? Time is money and the only way to save it is to get this shoddy mess sorted quickly and that can only be done by working on it 24/7. I also agree that there doesnt seem to be any sense of urgency apparant at all amougst the contractors. Apart from a lot of standing about pointing at things coupled with mass head scratching as if to say, "what are we doing here again"? No hope. I'm getting a boat, it would be quicker to pedalo to Plymouth than to drive.”

“I was caught up in the traffic for the first time yesterday it took me 45 minute to get from charles cross to the morrisons roundabout. Two things i noticed was the pedestrian crossing lights, why so many???? I think there were 4 or 5 sets in a space of 300 yards, none in sequence and this seemed to be holding up the traffic more than the roadworks. Secondly, it took me 10 minutes to get past Laira bridge and in that time I saw one man in a JCB doing nothing and 12 men standing by the fencing with hands in pockets doing nothing but smoking. I thought they might be waiting for a piece of equipment or materials to arrive. 90 minutes later,coming back the opposite way, same men stood in the same place still doing nothing. If you are going to restrict road access then please take the opportunity to do something while cars are crawling past.”

“Roadworks are a fact of life. They could work at night, but it would cost a lot more money and they don't have any spare cash.”

“totally agree with you stuart, it is appalling, and another 8 weeks to suffer this fiasco..”