Another 59 folk have confirmed they have completed Transport Scotland's Closed
Road public consultation document (see previous Post). That brings the total
that I am aware of on this page to 142 who have 'done' it, or in the case of
some of our posher readers, have 'completed' it! The appeal of this page is
classless, eh?
Of course these are conservative estimates,
as some folk responded to this page without actually saying they had completed
the form, so I didn't count them, while others replied saying they had responded
to other appeals, so I didn't count them either. On that basis it is certain
that many more folk have responded, so that's the good news.
As yet there is no indication how many
other responses TS has received, either for or against, and that figure won't
be known till after the process is completed and considered at the end of
January.
Yesterday Motorsport UK distributed its
December newsletter to competition licence holders and officials which included the text of their press release
regarding the launch of Transport Scotland's public consultation. They also
included a direct link to the documents on the TS website so that should
further spread the word across the nation and hopefully provoke a few more folk
into completing the questionnaire.
However, it's worth bearing in mind that
the Welsh Government published its own report on its Consultation findings some
10 weeks after the conclusion of their own consultation process last year, so
don't get too excited yet. Apparently, one of the topics which generated discussion
was the use of the Welsh language in official documentation. Hopefully we won't
have anything like that issue adding to the complexity up here!
When Transport Scotland publish their
findings, I'll let you all know the outcome here, so just keep the fiery crosses
on standby.
On a more positive note, the final paragraph
in the Welsh Government report stated: "A good range of comments and issues were raised
and an overwhelming majority of correspondents were supportive of the preferred
approach outlined in the consultation document".
By the way, there's also a job advert in
the Motorsport UK Newsletter for a new bod at Edinburgh based Scottish Motor Sport,
so if you think you're up for it, go for it. Who knows, the position might even
take on additional importance if Scotland goes for another referendum! Oh no it
won't, Oh yes it might. Exciting times all round, eh?
Many folk think the life of a motoring journalist
is one non-stop glamorous tour of exotic places driving fast cars on open roads
with the sun beating down and the speed cops having a siesta. The truth is
often cold, grey, wet and windy driving the next 'big' thing in urban transport.
However, every so often, we get a treat. Something different. Something that
will stick in the memory for years ....
