Conference govt02::basingstoke

	I noticed it yesterday at the Sainsbury's roundabout. It looked
	as if it was photographing the new shopping extension.

		p1

    I guess it is for the land development that is going on there.  Why not
    stop and ask them next time you pass :-)
    
    tp

    If it were land development, why was it parked at the Kempshott
    Roundabout on the A30 last night?  There ain't no land to develop.
    
    Unless it is monitoring traffic flows to identify the impact on road
    systems of new land development.
    
    Nah - that sounds too much like careful planning and we know that
    Councils don't do that!
    
    Cynical of Basingstoke

There was something in the Gazette last week about the 
extension to Sainsbury's. maybe it's the protesters!!!

Ian

    
    Is that the Cottage Lane that comes into Woods Lane just behind the
    Jolly Farmer?
    
    I thought that road had been closed ages ago.
    
    Greg
    

    Greg,
    
    For a man who actually lives in Cliddesdon, you show a scant regard for
    the village's history. Cottage Lane runs into Woods Lane by Cliddesdon
    library.
    
    David L.

    Is that next to the Tandoori then?
    
    Nick Cunnea

  Re .7:

  David,  For somebody who lives not too far from Cliddesden you show a scant
  regard for correct spelling.  The spelling is CliddesdEn, not CliddesdOn.
  Besides, it _does_ run just behind the library and joins WOods Lane
  _opposite_ the library, so my statement still stands.

  Re .8:

  Nick, your just being flippant now.  BTW when are you going to get around to
  changing your username ;-)

    Greg

re .9
    
>  Nick, your just being flippant now.
         ^^^^
    
    you're

    
    This is just ridiculous. 
    
    Or perhaps that should be: this just is ridiculous ?
    
    David L.

    But there is an agreement in place with Sony that states that people are
    allowed to use the carpark as a shortcut.

    This goes back to when planning permission was applied to build the Sony
    building.  At that time, Cliddesden Parish Council objected to the plans
    on the basis that the building dominates the skyline (stand outside
    Cliddesden Station and see what I mean).  The Parish Council asked for a
    row of conifers to be planted between the building and the M3 to screen
    building.  Sony pushed back on this and did a deal with Basingstoke and
    Deane Borough Council that efectively got the plans through.  This "deal"
    was the use of the carpark as a shortcut

    Greg (who hates looking at the back of the Sony building from his lounge)

    Say, this is all news to me.  What short cut?  What, if I turn left
    into the Sony Car Park and what, carry on going or something?  Will
    that bring me out into Cliddesden/don etc?
    
    Hopefully yours,
    
    julia

    Well, the 'van' was monitoringthe Golden Lion roundabout at 9:15 this
    morning. Either its part of a far wider ranging traffic survey than
    this note has surmised - or there is a short cut from the Golden Lion
    direct to Cliddesden!
    
    
    ANdy

    
    Is that the one that brings you out near McDonalds in Cliddesden ??
    
    I think BigMac is planning to close it down anyway because there aren't
    enough people purchasing as they pass 'thru'.
    
    ..Jason
    

The van was at the Viables roundabout at lunchtime.  Is there just one, or 
are they breeding?  There was alao a camara on a lamp post opposite the van...

Jc

I think that someone is pulling your pilsner!

Surely it's obvious!! The camera vans being used are 
gathering data on roundabout construction and the use of
there after, well we are the experts in this sphere!

The data may also be related to the recent transport
departments ideas on charging road users for the use
motorways. Although, not mentioned directly a hidden
item could be our beloved roundabouts. Since these 
marvels of technology seem popular in Basingstoke 
they are trying to work out the optimal position for 
the toll booths.

Probably the best...

-Trev

  I thought it was a variation of those cameras used to detect people jumping
  the lights ... anyone who races across a roundabout at the last minute gets
  photo'd and a summons through the door in a few weeks time.  The reason they
  keep moving it around is to try and solve a technical hitch in decoding the
  number plates, they haven't got the angle quite right yet ... the most recent
  statement from the pilot project referred to the high incidence of illegal
  number plates in this area that obviously weren't visible from a distance of
  twenty feet ... vertically ...

  Frank

    Folks bemused by these replies may want to check out note 325 (Esp. .9
    onwards).
    
    Royston

Did anybody ever find out where Woods Lane was ? I was going to ask
before but I couldn't remember my question (325.12). I didn't think it came
out in Jays Close, but rather next to the BBC TV Centre in Shepherds
Bush, London W12 8QT. This would explain all the TV cameras.

Just a thought

Richard

<<< Note 649.24 by COMICS::WOOD "I like traffic lights but only when they're green" >>>
                           -< TV link in Woods Lane >-

>>Richard

    a clue, it isn't off The Oval 8-))
    
    Simon
    

What a load of Kakadoo Tony.

I always thought I was somebody famous in a previous life. BTW, I went to
visit Oztraylier and not the Anti-podes. What is a pode anyway, any relation
to a Just ?

R. De Wood II

    re .-1
    
    Streuth, cobbah, a "pode" is a just's foot.

    re: .14 and note 325.
    
    There isn't a bridge over the M3 between the footbridge by ICL and the
    where Woods lane goes under the M3.  I've driven up and down many times
    and just can't see it.  Is it 'sky' coloured perhaps ?  Have the
    demolished it now ?
    
    tp

    Trevor, Haven't you got any sense of humour ? :-)
    
    Royston

    Not when it comes to trying to go home betwen 5:35 and 5:55. :-)
    However, there are some nice houses in the area behind the Jolly
    Farmer.
    
    tp

    
    Tony,
    
    check it again - I believe the current bridge has been sent to America
    to help the 'Mid-West flood damage bridge appeal'. 
    
    Paul

    
    Paul,
    
    I think you're mistaken.  It's just been installed across Sydney
    Harbour as the second harbour bridge to help with traffic congestion
    in the lead up to the 2000 Olympics.
    
    Tony.

    and what makes you think the Olympics would want anything to do with
    Sydney in 2000 ?    :-)
    
    Pete

    
    > and what makes you think the Olympics would want anything to do with
    > Sydney in 2000 ?    :-)
    
    Sorry Pete, I forgot that in the UK the media still think Manchester
    are in the running  ;-)