by Delmont St Xavier » Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:33 pm
I took a wee midnight tour of the city, the south side and east in particular. I know Glasgow like the back of my hand and could do it all with my eyes closed - but I struggled. There are so many changes to the city over in the east and with the M74 extension that it is confusing. It's not too difficult to work out where roads go but on my tour of the city....the Clyde Arc (Squinty Bridge) layout has been changed - one section is closed and the other carriageway is two way traffic on the single deck.
The south side Aitkenhead Road will be closed, there are a lot of 'new' and supposedly 'temporary no left turns or no right turns' and a Games Lane - apparently these lanes will be monitored and if you stray into them - prepared to be fined.
Also Kelvin Way is currently closed and there are a whole host of other roads around the city, from Castlemilk and the Braes to Sauchiehall Street - even the trains are affected by 'one way travel.'
For some, the city will be at a standstill and tonight, I was talking to one of the guys who was painting a road sign on the south side - he told me that he is to repaint it as 'they've changed their mind' so Cummock Road is going to be chaos too.
I wonder what this will end up costing us....
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