To clarify:
Sunday's story on road markings for proposed new bollards under the
Hanging Chapel to make it a no through road has drawn a huge amount of
attention with over 12-hundred views of the post by this morning
(Monday)
It's also sparked a prompt reply from town council leader Val
Saunders whose carrier pigeon landed on Carry On Langport's window ledge
late last night with an urgent message containing a welcome
clarification:
It turns out Carry On Langport has been barking up the
wrong tree...disgraceful behaviour...we've never published fake news
before. Not since we launched back in March 2015.
Click on any of the links below to see for yourself.
See?
The markings that have appeared on the tarmac at
either end of the tunnel in recent days (pictured) are in fact to
highlight what an old width restriction used to be until sometime in the
1980s when it seems to have been done away with.
That width was 6 foot. Councillor Saunders informs us
that Somerset County Council has now decided to reinforce that
restriction in one attempt to stop further HGVs getting stuck or
scraping the underside of the tunnel.
Pictured: the Freemasons have already been seen measuring up Huish Episcopi parish councillor Graham Lock's car to
see if he can get it through after a night at the Swan on
Fridays.
So this suggests that the bollard proposal sealing the road off completely is by no means certain.
It doesn't end there though, as reported in previous
stories - and as seen on this blog's Facebook page - people living in
homes along the route claim to be sick of speeding
drivers, poor parking and wing mirrors being clipped.
Three problems which a width restriction at the Chapel surely won't fully solve?
Over 200 people took part in the recent consultations which is a good turn out, but even that has ruffled feathers:
"One short-lived three-option questionnaire on a website I didn't know existed is not a public consultation!" said one of our readers.
I can't help but agree with her, the options you had
to click on at the top of the consultation comment box were rather
limited.
It's a bit like Langport Tesco asking customers whether they go
there for cucumbers or chorizo when hundreds of them are simply after
a good wedge of Battenburg cake and a six-pack of Stella.
I know how they feel.
Hey ho...let's see what 2018 brings.
Living round 'ere you never know what's gonna happen next do ya?
Watch this space - and many thanks to all those who contributed to this article including James Thurtle who provided the Carry On Langport title picture of the deer on the roof of the old NatWest building.
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