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Published:
March 5, 2008
Highbridge's
famous 'wonkybout' dismantled by workmen!
Highbridge's
controversial 'wonkybout' - which was named Britain's ugliest
roundabout by one senior councillor last year - is being modified
this week to make it look a little more normal!
The
County Council's highways department has removed the lop-sided
plastic bollard and mass of poorly-designed concrete, replacing
it with a more standard design.
 Jan
Hookings, spokeswoman for Somerset County Council, told Burnham-On-Sea.com
this week: "We are removing the existing central position
and creating a level area which will be slightly lower than before."
Burnham-On-Sea.com
was first to report last
November how the roundabout outside Highbridge's Asda supermarket
had been called 'Britain's ugliest' by Burnham and Highbridge
Deputy Mayor Cllr Neville Jones. Our report was then followed
up by newspapers, radio stations and even TV channels (as pictured
above).
A
campaign was launched on Burnham's discussion forums here
to save the 'wonkybout' from changes and a Burnham-On-Sea.com
poll found 77 per cent of people were in favour of keeping the
old structure.
But
the campaign failed and this week workmen were busily changing
the now-famous traffic island on the Bristol Road.
RELATED
LINKS:
Forum
discussion: "Save the wonkybout"
TV
crews descend on famous Highbridge roundabout!
Highbridge
roundabout named Britain's ugliest by deputy Mayor
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