Dear Blogger
Message from Trevor Allison - many thanks to Trevor, especially for the additional information about the other road works.
As you will have gathered the situation is NOT as expected as the road closure has not yet begun, for reasons as yet unknown! WHEN the road is closed the bus will do as described in previous email, and it will be a minibus. SO the ONLY place in the village you will be able to catch the bus is the CROSS, and the buses going in the Oswestry direction will run anything up to half an hour late, while the ones going to Shrewsbury should be on time from the CROSS but take anything up to half an hour longer to get to Shrewsbury. The bus company is trying to do its best, but it is NOT helped by the current road closure between Prescott and Walford Heath and is therefore going by the longer and narrower Yeaton route. In addition the current roadworks in Shrewsbury on the approach to the railway station means the traffic can be queueing from the Coton Hill traffic lights all the way along Coton Hill to the railway bridge.
This is all the result of the Traffic Planners being overwhelmed by the current rash of 'improvement' schemes and repairs. If you want to complain to anyone I suggest you got to the top and e-mail Lesley Picton; there is nothing else sensible we can do.
Hugo at the Old Top Shop is keeping an eye on the work and will let me know when the road is actually closed to traffic.
Ruth at Cafe Eleven says we can get information on all road works from this link https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/roads-and-highways/road-network-management/interactive-roadworks-map/interactive-roadwork-map-all-works/
