"Colin McKenzie" wrote in message
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The new one-way system is as simple as the old,
but with an extra link to the north of it.

As far as most traffic is concerned, yes, but try describing how to get a
road vehicle from the BBC to Acton Cemetery!

The full list of traffic restrictions affecting this
stretch of Victoria Road seems unnecessarily
draconian, as if they are determined to turn this
road containing nothing but industrial premises
and transport cafes into a backwater.

Say rather, a route for some buses and cycles to
avoid the one-way system, which can be congested
and is no fun to cycle round.

This could have been achieved adequately without banning the right turn from
Victoria Road to Chase Road, and without banning cars in the eastbound
direction past the Holiday Inn.

Other vehicles benefit from the
one-way loop being shorter than it was.

Agreed.

I am guessing that the plan is to drive the petrol
station into bankruptcy, so that it can be bought
out more cheaply and then replaced by a bus station

The road will take on the character of a bus
interchange. I know of no plans for a bus station.

Thanks. It will be interesting to see if bus station plans suddenly
materialise after the petrol station goes bankrupt. I've never seen a petrol
station survive in what is effectively a dead end road.

the owners of the petrol station must be
furious, but have they been compensated,
or will they be compensated?

There were discussions, but I don't know the outcome.

Thanks.

The east entrance has been ramp for a year or two at least.

Thanks.

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