It must be someone else’s fault! gridlock in Salisbury

This mayhem is only going to worsen over time if things carry on. there's a major trigger right now, but gradually the triggers diminish to nowt. 

A people -friendly Salisbury city centre - watered down now three or four times, roadworks that started on 3 September closing off one of the major routes 24/5, residents near an easterly rat-run upset about it all. 

https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/18695148.a338-downton-road-closu...

https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/18696191.milford-preservation-gr...

• People driving through town in cars aren't retail customers - retail needs a high quality, accessible environment if there's going to be any sort of recovery - I guess I have to defer to the traders' judgement and experience on that 
• the Salisbury by-pass idea has been on the go for years, but I don't think it's anywhere near the top of any to do list - if ever built, what will be the effect? think Newbury, Oxford, Winchester
• the Council are repairing the road you - drivers - wore out
• the local buses are still running, despite the closure - maybe after a few days, a few lights will come on about this; 
• Radio silence about ambulances, etc. no wait, Mr World of Furniture mentions it - well folks, if you're in traffic, you are traffic, so well done all of you.
• ​Thanks also for the suggestion of night work, by the way - really classy
• A couple of real chancers popping up on Twitter in the SJ article
• are the Milford group same same ones threatening "strategic parking" when the four schools on that patch went back? or did they give the game away?