Shoppenhangers Road is a key connection
Your front page (January 21) amazes me: don't the council realise that Shoppenhangers Road is one of the main connections between the M4 and M40 to Maidenhead?
Harvest Hill is totally unsuitable to carry what would be the normal traffic between Maidenhead, Cox Green and the motorways.
The council is currently threatening to cut services, put up the local taxes and generally make all our lives miserable as their spending has got out of control.
The evidence of money being splashed around town with other ridiculous roadworks is obvious, from the newly built kerbs jutting out into traffic lanes to the ‘chicane’ on Courthouse Road.
Might I suggest that if the council have all this money to ‘spend’, they use some of it to fill all the potholes on the main traffic routes through town?
Most of us probably dislike taking the car
into town, however, I had to go the Desborough Suite a couple of weeks back to have my age-related COVID-19 vaccination.
Luckily, I had the good fortune to be taken into town by my daughter (and our superb NHS made it all painless) so I saw very little of the devastation in Maidenhead town centre.
And, then, a few days ago, I had a phone message from the library; a book I had reserved (from back in time when items were taken to Shifford by trailer) was now available from the library opposite the Town Hall by ‘self service’: all very easy to use, the charming lady told me, and possibly even parking could be found.
Lucky me! A space in Queen Street to park, off to the library by the back of the Town Hall, find my book (and work out how to use the expensive-looking, clever peopleless machines) with time to spare. Time to see the ‘rebirth’ of Maidenhead – so I looked at the new flats alongside the Town Hall, and was – well, shocked would be an understatement!
An ugly block of brutal concrete: reminding me of the 1950s ‘Soviet’ style flats that I saw in Warsaw some years back. Progress?
The road works seemingly are principally designed to stop traffic moving, but are clearly cleverly aimed at keeping shoppers (if driving) out of Maidenhead town centre. WILLIAM ALEXANDER North Town Moor
Maidenhead