Motorists facing delays in High Wycombe (From Bucks Free Press)
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Motorists facing delays in High Wycombe
9:37am Monday 6th September 2010 in
ROAD works are causing huge delays in Abbey Barn Lane in High Wycombe this morning.
Road maintenance work being carried out by Buckinghamshire County Council has caused tailbacks along the High Wycombe road.
Some angry motorists have reported delays of up to 30 minutes along the stretch.
The work is scheduled to be completed tomorrow, says the council.
Click on the link below to view a full list of road works being carried out in south Buckinghamshire today.
Comments(16)
miccles
says...
9:44am Mon 6 Sep 10
mind you, because its Wycombe, they don't care do they.
Shelley61
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10:41am Mon 6 Sep 10
Mind you - overall it's still less roadworks than I've been negotiating over the school holidays.
Though admittedly it's mainly outside of South Bucks that they have been doing school holiday roadworks.
wycswan
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10:49am Mon 6 Sep 10
In the case of Abbey Barn Lane there have been notices of the closure at the top and bottom of the Lane for some time.Why not find a suitable alternative route for a couple of days?
It was also highly lightly that the A40 would be busy East of Wycombe, causing tailbacks in Abbey Barn Road whilst there are roadworks on the M40, so the obvious solution is to allow extra time for the journey.
Unfortunately because of the volume of traffic using these routes any neccessary maintenance work will cause delays.
acey77
says...
11:21am Mon 6 Sep 10
I parked up and walked.
arewenearlythereyet?
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11:57am Mon 6 Sep 10
chris740
says...
12:52pm Mon 6 Sep 10
but no the council sits on there backsides.
ive lost total respect for the councils
they should all be lined up and shot.
its the only thing left for them
rooneytheking
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1:50pm Mon 6 Sep 10
wycswan
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2:54pm Mon 6 Sep 10
, HW says...
11:57am Mon 6 Sep 10
re: your comment regards notices.
I beg to differ I also use Abbey Barn Lane ..sometimes several times a day ..
I know that there has been a notice top & bottom of the Lane.
Obviously not clear enough for some.
Oh and perhaps this is why so many drivers fail to give way to traffic ascending the hill ..even though there is a sign as the road narrows over the bridge!!
wycswan
says...
3:10pm Mon 6 Sep 10
rooneytheking wrote:You are right it's Abbey Barn Lane that is closed. Which in turn affects Abbey Barn Road which joins the A40 and the junction there has caused bottlenecks for years.
Is this on about Abbey Barn Lane or Abbey Barn Road?, it says Abbey Barn Way in the opening line but I wasn't aware there was an Abbey Barn Way? - feel free to correct me if I'm wrong...
Both of these roads are at Wycombe Marsh.
Abbey Way is that short stretch of the A40 in Wycombe before the Rye, traffic very quickly comes to a standstill there whenever there is congestion further down the road. Thus my comment about the A40 East of Wycombe.
Shelley61
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3:48pm Mon 6 Sep 10
rooneytheking wrote:That's what confused me - I initially read it as Abbey Way, as in the flyover, hence my comment about Desborough Avenue - that really would be poor timing!
Is this on about Abbey Barn Lane or Abbey Barn Road?, it says Abbey Barn Way in the opening line but I wasn't aware there was an Abbey Barn Way? - feel free to correct me if I'm wrong...
I do think the Desborough Ave traffic lights are emergency works, and not planned though - definitely no warning...
If only we could now figure out how long the M40 ones are going to last - I've seen four different time period so far - 12, 13, 14 and 16 weeks! I'm hoping for the first option, but planning for the last! :)
rooneytheking
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3:59pm Mon 6 Sep 10
rooneytheking wrote:Aha, now changed by BFP and says "Abbey Barn Lane" in the opening line not "Abbey Barn Way" as previously!!
Is this on about Abbey Barn Lane or Abbey Barn Road?, it says Abbey Barn Way in the opening line but I wasn't aware there was an Abbey Barn Way? - feel free to correct me if I'm wrong...
daemonite
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7:47pm Mon 6 Sep 10
miccles wrote:Oh come on, when was the last time you witnessed common sence used.
Would it not have been easier to do this in the 6 weeks of the summer holidays???? mind you, because its Wycombe, they don't care do they.
ivor
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10:28pm Mon 6 Sep 10
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Please could the powers the be work on eradicating the potholes before embarking on other types of road repair.
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Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “BLOGS” link at the top of the page.
Agniesca
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11:21am Tue 7 Sep 10
johnatahn
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2:50pm Tue 7 Sep 10
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