Road closures and taxis on Friday.

[Fly]

Reply from the Town Hall to my email.

Hi Trevor,
Has the council released details of taxi ranks on the day yet.
 
Barry :-) Celia's Taxis.

Barry,
 
It's DCC that are organising that part of the torch relay but I can tell you that access to Elder Way will be restricted for taxis only who will be able to rank up on the right hand side of the road. You will be able to do a 'U' turn at the junction with Knifesmithgate [which will be barriered off from 09.00] and exit back by turning left onto Saltergate.   
 
Trevor Durham
Interim Licensing Manager
Environment Services,
Chesterfield Borough Council,
Rose Hill, Chesterfield. S40 1LP
01246 345203

Barking mad LOL 

[Scimitar]

I'm on 2 weeks holiday.
Started officially Sunday.
So hopefully not going to have to go into town Friday.
By the way Fly, is yours the X reg estate?
If so your nearside brake light is out (if that was was you who came through calow about 4pm ish today).
Diversions for Stagecoach see www.stagecoachbus.com

[Fly]

Yes it is/was.
Bulb changed. Cheers for that :-)

[Fly]

Think Knifesmithgate will be closed on Sat 30th for a time as well.
I'll update this info tomorrow, when I've re-read the notice on the lamp-post at the 2A bus stop.
I got called on business before I'd read it all. Something to do with a military march.

[Old Cruser]

When exactly IS the torch going through Chessy? Dentist app. on Friday and someone has told me it is on Friday??? ???

[Fly]

From the council website.

The Olympic Torch Relay arrives into Chesterfield from Hady Hill at approximately 12.45pm. It travels up to St Mary’s Gate, along Church Way and Knifesmithgate to Rose Hill and then down Clarence Road to West Bars. It then continues along Chatsworth Road and heads up to the top of Walton Road where it turns along Matlock Road and leaves the Borough at 1.30pm on its next leg to Matlock.

[Old Cruser]

What day Fly?

[Pete]

Friday

[Old Cruser]

mmmm app at 11am --- normally park up in rose hill

[Fly]

mmm sounds a bit dodgy, can't you get someone to drop you off/pick you up ?

[Pete]

You could always jog there with the Torch bearers... 

[Fly]

I hope I've got this all wrong, but I can see the town centre gridlocked for a couple of hours 

[~Aitch~]

It sounds like there will be total chaos around the town.  Please take extra special care because, apparently, it will also involve the
hospital being locked off with nobody allowed through the gate to enter or leave for an hour and a half. 

[emmz]

Taxi driver i spoke to today said he booked himself off tomorrow as town will indeed be busy.
We are going to see the torch with Laura in tow, her nursery are going to see it anyway but its a nice time we can have together

[therealjr]

Friend of mine went to a full day meeting last Sunday re the torch going through Derbyshire. The security arrangements are unbelievable and yet I suppose understandable.