BJ's weather today - overcast
Map illustrating how Bye-Pass cuts thro the BJ Village
- Burton Joyce is quite a pleasant village, amid some really pleasant and adjoining countryside. The social cross section of the population ( in excess of 2000 ) is wide and variable with very little or no extremes at the edges, This makes for a comfortable situation for everyone........
So here is a grumble. -
Some 40 years or so ago, a "Bye-pass" to the village was built, which in fact, actually split the village in half. Today, after the relevant Local Authorities decided to develop Industrial Trading and Shopping Estates, "Bus Plugs" etc., plus... resulted in the e road thro the village becoming the second major access to and from Nottingham City (from the east). Yes! I will accept progress is necessary, however, to overlook the impact on the population "down-stream" is sheer negligence. Now the local retail park - sporting a Morrisons, B&Q, Next Halfords is now having a new Tesco Store fitted out.
Some 40 years or so ago, a "Bye-pass" to the village was built, which in fact, actually split the village in half. Today, after the relevant Local Authorities decided to develop Industrial Trading and Shopping Estates, "Bus Plugs" etc., plus... resulted in the e road thro the village becoming the second major access to and from Nottingham City (from the east). Yes! I will accept progress is necessary, however, to overlook the impact on the population "down-stream" is sheer negligence. Now the local retail park - sporting a Morrisons, B&Q, Next Halfords is now having a new Tesco Store fitted out.
At least, it is not unreasonable to assume that the technocrats would have anticipated the affect with difficult hazards and a huge increase in the numbers of heavy multi-wheeled transporter vehicles serving the Outlets
The hazard created is for the pedestrian and local traffic alike wanting to cross the traffic flow coming from the City ( the right) into the opposite lane to travel from the village, school and amenities. It is now necessary to wait and bide time to realise a suitable space from traffic traveling in both directions in order to allow safe access onto the carriageway, with the Juggernauts, Articulated trucks and Multi-Tiered Delivery Trucks transporting new/used vehicles to the Car Auction site and Logistic/storage facility for Fuel and New Car in addition to the normal commuter, business and leisure traffic.
The answer is quite simple - Two sets of Traffic Lights on the Bye- Pass/Station Road/ Main St. junction at the west (entrance) to the village and again at the east end of the Bypass, where it cuts Shaftsbury Avenue into two quite separate areas. There are also regular occasions, almost daily, when huge trucks use the Old Main Street into and thro the village to deliver produce direct to the Local Co-operative Store - quite ridiculous - these vehicles should be restrictions.. .. PLUS who on earth allowed the local bus service to ply their trade via the residential housing on Padley Lane and Foxhill Road ( roads never designed for commercial bus services)
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