Drivel From Devizes: Dateline – Sunday 17th September 2023
Here is our weekly round-up of events from D-Town:
1. The Town Council has moved at its usual snail-like pace to not ban dangerous dogs from our streets. A spokes-bot for the Council claimed that this was in line with, and totally consistent with, all their other policies, such as not banning the local feral yoof from cycling on pavements and in pedestrianised areas, not stopping the 20 butcher’s vans from parking all day in the loading bays in Sidmouth Street, and not stopping the swans and ducks from crapping in the Crammer.
2. And yet again plans for HS2 (High-Speed Tractor-lane 2) have been thrown into doubt. Money is tight and budgets are constantly being revised in the light of spiralling costs. The North-eastern leg to Melksham may now have to terminate in the middle of a small field near Sells Green, whilst the main spur through the town’s High Street may need to be narrowed to accommodate the many Grade II-listed buildings. Hay-bales will be unloaded outside the Town Hall, rather than in the Market Place, and tractors (who have their own rules of the road) may be restricted to only 80mph when passing narrow pavements. None of the extensions are expected to be built before 2035, so we can all go back to not worrying about it any more.
Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2023
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