The council are improving the junction with Long Rd and the Ring Rd. Long Rd is where the College is and at the moment the College is still off for Christmas but will be back any day. As you can see in the photo the contractors doing the work have put a few signs up to direct the traffic round the works.
The problem is that they have never driven a bus and have no idea how much room we need to get the bus round the road works. The blue sign is hiding a 25 gallon oil drum full of concrete and is about 3 inches from the side of the bus as we drive by. Next problem is it is taking us so long to drive by that the lights on the Ring Road are changing before we get across, and the ring road is fairly wide so we have to watch out for traffic setting off and finding a bus in their way. Third problem is that it is taking us so long to get through the lights that we are the only vehicle getting through before the lights change, at the moment this isn't a problem but once College starts back there will be a very large jam of people trying to get out of Long Rd who will all blame the buses.
Any way, I had a word with the duty controller at Paignton Bus Station and he fixed things. He rang the contractors and they are going to have a look at the situation and see what they can do.
Aren't controllers wonderful?
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