We're about to get more yellow lines. This time, they're not in the town centre. This time, they're care of the government rather than the council.
Published in today's Free Press is a full-page 21-day consultation public notice under the title,
The 11 paragraphs of the schedule need a bit of interpretation. So, for example, and here I've converted metric measurements to Imperial, "The northern side of the Dolgellau - south of Birkenhead trunk road (A494) known as Wernfechan, at Ruthin extending from a point 101ft 81 5⁄32in east of its junction with Briec roundabout in an easterly direction for a distance of 106ft 7 17⁄32in to a point 208ft 4in east of its junction with Briec roundabout."
Leaving aside the annoying tendency among the modern generation of referring to the Old Station Yard roundabout as the Briec roundabout (when, in fact, everyone just calls it the Tesco roundabout anyway), fortunately the library and post office each has a handy plan that shows the length of Wernfechan included.
Incdeed, during the second spate of yellow lines in town (then referred to as "chaos" but which, as predicted, we now no longer notice!), there were calls for the treatment of Wernfechan. One politician commented, "The lines we want put down aren't being put down or they're being put in the wrong places". We questioned that statement and others at the time.
Should Wernfechan happen, there will be many a motorist who will welcome it. Travelling towards town at school times is the worst period, when the steady stream of traffic in the opposite direction either leaving Rhuthun/Ruthin or heading for one of the four schools can cause a backing up of traffic. But, back in September 2014, we said,
Published in today's Free Press is a full-page 21-day consultation public notice under the title,
The A494 trunk road (Wernfechan, Ruthin, Denbighshire) (prohibition of waiting) order 201-[sic]"The effect of the proposed order will be to prohibit waiting on sides of the lengths of the A497 [sic—same error in the Welsh version] Dolgellau to Birkenhead trunk road at Wernfechan... as specified in the schedule…"
50 yards and up to eight vehicles along Wernfechan
Leaving aside the annoying tendency among the modern generation of referring to the Old Station Yard roundabout as the Briec roundabout (when, in fact, everyone just calls it the Tesco roundabout anyway), fortunately the library and post office each has a handy plan that shows the length of Wernfechan included.
This stretch of the A494 at Wernfechan seems destined to have yellow lines. Looking towards Greenfield Road junction
Should Wernfechan happen, there will be many a motorist who will welcome it. Travelling towards town at school times is the worst period, when the steady stream of traffic in the opposite direction either leaving Rhuthun/Ruthin or heading for one of the four schools can cause a backing up of traffic. But, back in September 2014, we said,
"But, even here, we need perspective. This isn't the centre of Manchester where delays are measured in minutes rather than Rhuthun's seconds. And, if and when yellow lines appear, I wonder where the displaced cars will actually go"And I wonder what's chnaged now.