Confusion & Chaos

At one time of day you could rely on the Council workmen to let you know what day it was. If there were cones out on Chalons Way to protect them as they tended to the verges then it was Tuesday. They've been missing for a few weeks though but reappeared today, Thursday. Not only that, the refuse collectors now come on Thursday instead of Monday and if you haven't got your wits about you, it can all be a little confusing.


I wonder though why the person responsible for planning the work would choose Thursday to reduce the width of Chalons Way by 50%. Thursday is a market day and so there is usually more traffic in town and the result of today's actions meant a foul up of traffic around the islands at each end of the road. So to add to the confusion, we also had traffic chaos. I bet it was some faceless bureaucrat who knows little about Ilkeston and cares even less, sat in an office somewhere (probably at Long Eaton) leaving his workforce to face the wrath of furious drivers and the populace of the town unnecessarily inconvenienced as public transport caught in the traffic were unable to keep to their published timetables.