Track 32

Track 32.

So where are the worst affected places in town?

I would say one of the worst is by the Arts Center.

I’m not sure about that.

Statistics show that the worst place is by the town hall.

Well, as most of the traffic comes in from the east of town, that would be the Arts Center.

The town hall is further over.

Actually, Robert, that’s not quite right.

The traffic gets quite bad along East Road, further out of town.

It’s been getting worse over the last year or so, especially by the Star view Cinema.

The Star view?

Yes, haven’t you ever been there?

No, I haven’t.

I thought it was by the main roundabout.

Well, in actual fact, it’s by the junction of East Road and Station Road.

That’s where the traffic has been getting really bad, especially in the mornings.

It’s especially bad for the buses coming from the station as they can’t turn right into East Road to get to the center.

OK.

So that’s the first bad spot, then.

Yes.

Sometimes the traffic backs up for almost a kilometer, and in the evening, when everyone is trying to get home, it gets bad all the way back to the main roundabout.

It’s bad in the morning and the afternoon as the traffic also comes in from the north and the south.

Remember, there’s Liverton to the north and Scotsfield to the south and a lot of people commute to both places for work.

That’s true.

I live a few kilometers down the Scotsfield Road and I have a lot of trouble coming in during the morning rush hour.

It’s especially bad just by the Arts Center where the road comes into the roundabout.

The buses have a lot of trouble getting through that as well.

OK, so those are the two main hotspots, the Star view and the Arts Center.

I’ve marked them on the map.

And that leaves the town hall.

Hmm, yes.

I mean, the whole area around Central Park is bad, but you’re right, the town hall side of Central Park is the worst in the area.

It’s bad enough right by the shopping center on the other side of Central Park, but it’s particularly bad on the town hall side, with all the heavy lorries coming into the center from the industrial estate on the west side of town.

They usually make their deliveries in the morning rush hour.

So you’re saying that if we stopped them from coming in early to the area by Central Park where the town hall is, that would make the traffic a lot lighter?

I’m sure it would.

Now that we’ve established where the worst places are, let’s have a look at the proposals.