IF I were you, I’d avoid the southern side of the city like the plague next Monday.
And those of us who live here might be well advised to stay at home.
The gods of chaos have ordained that Wessex Water will close a short stretch of Netherhampton Road on September 7.
Their website, which warns apologetically of ‘potential traffic disruption’, appears to indicate that the work was originally planned for today but the signs by the roadside say otherwise.
Now it will coincide nicely with the three-week closure of Downton Road for resurfacing which starts this Thursday, with through traffic being diverted - if you believe drivers will actually follow the signs - via Blandford. Or was it Wimborne? Or possibly Land’s End?
I don’t think for a moment that they will. Instead I predict unusually high volumes of short-tempered motorists zigzagging through the country lanes for miles around as they follow their satnavs in search of a shortcut.
Me? I’m going nowhere.
- A small victory for common sense. After a public outcry, the water company has now postponed the Netherhampton Road works until after the Downton Road resurfacing is completed at the end of the month. Thank goodness.
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