Just two bollards half way up. They prevent incidents to pedestrians where once motorists using Upper Clwyd Street would have to jump the kerb. But when an emergency ambulance was recently needed (for a non-pedestrian related issue), the bollards also prevented a smooth passage.There are two sides and whether you view these bollards as a Good or a Bad Thing, Upper Clwyd Street isn’t ideal for *any* motor vehicle. It’s Rhuthun’s narrowest and shortest street.
There are tales just like along Castle Street of heavy vehicle, satnav-using drivers coming unstuck along Upper Clwyd Street. And then there are those who turn right from Clwyd Street, ascend Upper Clwyd Street, cross to that part of Well Street by Boots the Chemist, all to avoid the inconvenience of following a slow-moving vehicle over St Peter’s Square.
The council closed Upper Clwyd Street completely on Sunday 20 July 2008, when two gardens there were open for charity. How pleasant for the street to be traffic free. Might we aspire to a permanent closure (accept for access)? Could we give it back to pedestrians? Could it be Rhuthun’s first traffic-free street? After all, there’s no real need to motor through Upper Clwyd Street. There’d be a small loss of free, on-street car parking, of course, and this might be enough to scupper the idea. There's a real tension between the vibrancy of a town centre and its traffic & parking that must always be part of the debate. But there *is* usually plenty of space in Rhuthun’s car parks.
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