With so many ideas on how to sort out Keynsham’s 'traffic in the High Street problem' already on the table, BANES have decided to introduce the new £5-per-day congestion charge in order to, according to one BANES worker: "Make a little cash, while we think about what to do". When we contacted the council to question them on the subject, an employee told us: "I don’t know nothing about that, but I guess it will give me a better chance of a pay rise next year. I assume it will get people to use the bypass, at last!"
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Could 'Dis Be Cane Shum hit the streets with clipboard in hand this week and asked Keynsham residents what they thought of the forthcoming scheme. Here are a few publishable comments:
Mr P Fruitbat told us: "That's a bleedin' joke, surely?". Ms E Lay commented: "Well if nobody drives though the High Street, its gunna effect my business. It's an outrage." Mr Samuel Arsey informed us: "I think this scheme is great, I don't have to come here, so 'tiz no problem for me..." (Mr. Arsey is a BANES councillor, working in Midsomer Norton).
Maybe this move is designed to encourage drivers to use the bypass, and possibly to get some people to use the 'Dial-A-Ride' bus service, making our high street a safer, less-congested and pleasant place to shop. Maybe it's just another way to fleece Joe Public in a move similar to the scrapping of the town's famous 'Free Parking'. The last time BANES hit the news was when they had their last stupid idea...
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