Kingskerswell Bypass, In Your Dreams.

The Kingskerswell Bypass has been in the "sometime in the next few years or so" stage for over ten years now. There were hopes that Government money was going to be found to fast track it so we could expect a road link with the rest of the country some time this century. However under plans announced today it would seen we have once again lost out. The bypass isn't being fast tracked after all. Oh, it's still going to be build just as soon as the money can be found but the Labour Government have asked us down here in Devon not to hold our breath. Could it be some sort of political bias rearing it's ugly head. Remember round here we have a Lib Dem MP, the South West tends towards Lib Dem MPs, and if, as seems likely, we change our MP at the next election he will almost cirtainly be a Tory MP. So no marginal Labour seats round here for the Government to worry about so no fast track bypass round here either. Hands up those who don't see a connection. You there, at the back. The one without your hand up. Your name isn't Gorden Brown is it?

The photo shows the road on a quiet day, the traffic is usually stationary on both sides of the road. By the time we get the money to build the bypass global warming will have pushed sea level up so high Torbay will be much bigger and Torquay, Paignton and Brixham will be largely underwater so there will no point in building the bloody thing anyway.