Oakwell Lane (again!)

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  1. Prince of Risborough

    Prince of Risborough Well-Known Member

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    Just walked down and it’s gridlocked with people trying u turns to go back up and others trying to reverse back to the bottom. When is this madness ever going to end?
     
    Prince of Risborough, Apr 25, 2023
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    Tbf most of town is gridlocked
     
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    Fan with can of beer directing traffic while cops sit in their van watching on fooking chaos
     
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    Prince of Risborough Well-Known Member

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    Yes I noticed that. Not their job , obviously?
     
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    It's a road... why do people think it's normal to walk in a road?
     
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    Time it was closed off during matchdays, apart from for residents.
     
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    Because there simply isn't enough space for all the pedestrians to use the path? Yup, I think that's it.
     
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    Prince of Risborough Well-Known Member

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    That wasn’t the problem. Parked cars both sides and traffic going up and down equals chaos
     
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    ;)
     
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    There's no footpath on one side and you've got 1000s of people using it. Why do they close Schwabisch Gmund way then. Surely that's a road.
     
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    I’m sure they used to stop cars parking there on match days.
     
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    Roads aren't just for cars.
     
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    Because it’s directly outside the railway station where you have the potential of both home and away fans arriving by public transport, and is also the route pedestrians are advised to take due to the closure of the temporary bridge.

    Oakwell isn’t really in the best location to accommodate large amounts of vehicles all at once. Why anybody attempts to drive on Oakwell Lane before and after a game is beyond me. Even when Market Gate Bridge opens, Oakwell Lane will still be rammed - always has been.
     
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    Yeah, I realise. It was more a response to the " Why do people think its OK to walk on a road " comment about Oakwell Lane.
     
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    Same at the end of the game. Single lane available down the middle and the usual going up and down traffic just could not cope
     
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    Plenty of other clubs close off roads near their ground other than resident access around match times. No idea why the same can't be done on Oakwell Lane
     
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    When I mailed club after Wednesday game about this they said contact at council to discuss with is a Simon Dobbie. Couldn't give me his email due to GPDR and all email combinations I've tried have bounced back......
     
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    I walked down there last night at about the same time as the OP & it was crazy , surely simply making it a one way street going from top to bottom would cure a lot of the problems , apart from from getting gridlocked on match day the bad bend problem & residents cars being parked problem would be eliminated .
     
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    There's trams, buses and bicycles. How inconsiderate.
     
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    Why do people think it’s normal to park on the corsy ?
     
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