Dartmouth Road Reopens.

Dartmouth Road reopenned this afternoon, true there are traffic lights in one section and there will be on going work for the next 3 weeks but we will no longer have to share the Ring Road with thousands of other vehicles. In fact, this afternoon, shortly after the Dartmouth Road was opened I was on the Ring Road and it was as clear as a bell.

While this work was being carried out there were constant delays and both drivers and controllers had to work very hard to keep up a reasonable bus service on the 12 and 12A as well as the 120 Paignton to Kingswear service. Well done to all. Things had not so much been pear shaped, they'd been, well you know the shape you get when you drop a ripe melon from the top of Blackpool Tower? Yes! That shape.

There are other road works futher up the Dartmouth Road including the one shown in the photo.
Not enought room to get a bus through, the two buses in front of me had both reported having to go up on the cerb as the workmen had made no attempt to move any of the machinery out of the way. I just drove up and stopped, took the camera out and started taking photos. 15 seconds later they moved machinery and away I went. They must have thought I was going to send the photos to the Towm Hall. Contractors can and should get fined for blocking roads.