Toy Town

[Bit of a Mink]

Well really.
Sorry, but I have just been reading the Seilachan
I agree the roads need reinstated by the contractors, and have no doubt that they will be.
Have the very pleasing reinstatements done so far not been noticed? Does it not look like a good job is being done?
But PLEASE don't use the up and coming road reinstatment for an excuse for turning the place into a Noddy toytown.
The cart blanch way in which the royal "we" is being banded about is somewhat irritating I feel.
Some of us have no problem driving on single track road, have been doing so happily for years and certainly donot need a sign telling us when we are on one. Since when has a plain old kerb been called a roadside support? They could be down right dangerous on a country road, not visible when the place is awash with heavy rain, snow or mud. What a ridiculous idea. This is the Isle of Seil, the West Coast of Scotland, for heaven's sake, not a kid's play mat. Are there not enough signs all over the place without any more.
Incidently, what is the use of yet more passing places when some drivers constantly ignore the ones we have and continue to drive along at a snails pace either oblivious or consciously ingnoring a string of traffic behind them .
Well I expect I will get shot down in flames, but hey, Minks are used to being hunted and Ive said it now.

[Pentlandpirate]

Too many signs - I agree

Any additional passing places would offer more 'convenience' only when two approaching vehicles have ignored the opportunity to stop at the last passing place. These people deserve to be caught in the midddle and suffer the inconvenience of one of them having to give way and reverse. Don't most of you want to preserve the character of the island where you can, rather than build on everything?

What makes the roads 'bad' is crumbling at the sides, especially when vehicles pass between passing places and use the verge. Where the surrounding land is boggy the roadside has to be built up on a regualr basis. You might argue that if people only used passing places this crumbling would not happen. You could try to make people use the passing places by building a high roadside kerb, but by 'walling' in traffic you may slow it down. And the drainage would have to be massively improved to prevent flooding problems.

I don't think the road needs to be changed with new signs, passing places or kerbs. It just needs to be better maintained.

Shot down in flames? - make sure you say what you think Mink!