Transport strategy a work of low farce

Reading about the proposed transport strategy for the Canterbury district reminded me of Major-general Stanley in the Pirates of Penzance trying to find a word to rhyme with ‘Strategy’. The best he could come up with was ‘Sat a gee’.

Although horse riding wasn’t included in the district transport plan, it might well have been. The so-called relief roads have some local merit, but they only direct traffic on to the already overburdened A28, which is causing so much congestion in the centre of Canterbury.

No, when they have sorted out and approved the major housing developments proposed around Canterbury, the city council should write to the Department for Transport and say “we are ready to let building commence, as soon as you provide