Progress continues on the building on Marcham Road – once rumored to be a KFC, but which is really accommodation for elderly people.
Over the road, McDonalds is having alterations made and is closed for the week.
Meanwhile on the corner further alterations are being made by Oxfordshire County Council – possibly to make the footpath / cycleway safer. It narrows at this point and is raised about two feet above the height of the road below.
A wet start to Saturday and two men were down in the trenches working on the gas mains in Bridge Street. There have been temporary traffic lights, causing some queues, for the last week or so.
The Broad Face tweets “Again just to let everyone know,we are open and the work on the road has nothing to do with our gas-brunch and lunch today…”.
Last night workmen were prodding with their feet the ground where a softening, and small hole, had developed on St Helen’s Wharf. It is covered over now awaiting repair.
There is now no parking by the Anchor Inn.
I am often suprised at this point by traffic coming the wrong way over the iron bridge – which is intended to be one way.
East St Helen Street is closed so that the main gas pipes can be replaced. Notices say it will be closed for two weeks.
Most of the time, apart from when diggers are moving about, there is room enough to drive a car down there so I am not sure why the road needed to be closed. But it does mean, when pneumatic drills are silent, that you can take a quiet stroll down East St Helen Street in the middle of the road.