On Monday I crossed Britannia Bridge on my annual trip into the heart of Gwynedd. Now, we are told that Britannia Bridge cannot cope with peak traffic flows and that a second crossing is needed, which some claim was to be funded by 'Wylfa B'. You know that magical funding pot that politicians on Anglesey have been praying was the answer for all the islands problems.
Take the A5025 which is slowly falling to bits, don't worry was the answer - 'Wylfa B' will pay for all the improvements. My advice take care, as many lengths of the A5025 are in desperate need of resurfacing, due to low skid resistance - you will notice far more 'slippery road' warning signs up these days.
Or when schools need to cut back on staff as there was not enough children coming to the school, some Councillors suggested we should wait as Wylfa B would bring many families into the island and their children would need to be educated.
A stock answer it seems - don't worry 'Wylfa B' will pay for it.
But 'Wylfa B' will not now happen for many years, and if there is no 'public subsidy' to guarantee electricity prices to make investors money may never happen.
Therefore, with poor odds of 'Wylfa B' ever being built, you might as well as forget about a second crossing. I wouldn't think it carries enough traffic to attract other private investors, and we have no public money, so we are told.
Which brings me back to my trip to Gwynedd this morning. Williams Hughes Civil Engineering were carrying out essential works on the approach to the bridge, and for the safety of its workers had a 30 mph speed limit in place - the result when I went past no queues.
Which supports my view that what we require on both of the approaches to Britannia Bridge are variable speed limits and active traffic management as trialled on the M42. This together with enforced average speed limits would in my opinion significantly reduce occurrences of peak hour queuing on the bridge.
Take the A5025 which is slowly falling to bits, don't worry was the answer - 'Wylfa B' will pay for all the improvements. My advice take care, as many lengths of the A5025 are in desperate need of resurfacing, due to low skid resistance - you will notice far more 'slippery road' warning signs up these days.
Or when schools need to cut back on staff as there was not enough children coming to the school, some Councillors suggested we should wait as Wylfa B would bring many families into the island and their children would need to be educated.
A stock answer it seems - don't worry 'Wylfa B' will pay for it.
But 'Wylfa B' will not now happen for many years, and if there is no 'public subsidy' to guarantee electricity prices to make investors money may never happen.
Therefore, with poor odds of 'Wylfa B' ever being built, you might as well as forget about a second crossing. I wouldn't think it carries enough traffic to attract other private investors, and we have no public money, so we are told.
Which brings me back to my trip to Gwynedd this morning. Williams Hughes Civil Engineering were carrying out essential works on the approach to the bridge, and for the safety of its workers had a 30 mph speed limit in place - the result when I went past no queues.
Which supports my view that what we require on both of the approaches to Britannia Bridge are variable speed limits and active traffic management as trialled on the M42. This together with enforced average speed limits would in my opinion significantly reduce occurrences of peak hour queuing on the bridge.
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