I am grately concerned at the proposal to eliminate the right turn from the bottom of Smith Street into Saint Nicholas Church Street. This is a major part of the route used by worshippers at our church. There is a one-way system existing which will mean that anyone going to the church arriving via Smith Street must find some way of being able to reverse their direction of travel to access the entrance in Saint Nicholas Church Street. Presumably you would wish people to go along Coten End to the roundabout at the end of Wharf Street, go round and then back along Coten End. This is clearly ridiculous and what will happen with, not only us, but just about everyone, they will use the service road in front of the shops to gain access to Coventry Road. This will turn the service road into a rat-run and, at busy times, there will be large numbers of cars trying to turn right from the service road onto Coventry Road which is often backed-up with traffic at the lights because of the stupid timings on those lights.
May I suggest that you think again or risk another headline as in this week's Courier where you had to admit "We got it wrong" because you would not listen to those who knew what they were talking about as opposed to your "experts".