> it probably says so on the signs. Next time I'm in mancy, I'll try to
> remember and take some photos of the whole scene.
I went today to look at the scene of crime
Its not Corporation Street its a road that runs perpendicular to it called
St Marys Gate, it leads up to the Arndale shopping Centre & Corporation
Street, with Deansgate at the other end of it.
The first signs you see are 20 MPH signs as you turn into St Marys Gate, the
next are 'Beware Bollards rising between time 1 - time 2' Sorry forgot the
time period. The next are the Illuminated 'No Entry' sign with 'Metrobuses
only' underneath.
The red strip accross the road is not signed or labelled as a pedestrian
crossing, its just a red strip accross the road. There is a roundabout
before the bollards which allows vehicles to turn round and go back to
Deansgate, this is the area where the cars look as if they are waiting to
tailgate through.
St Marys Gate doesnt get very much through traffic here, Corporation Street
gets the larger quantities of buses passing through.
I waited in the glorious Manchester weather yesterday and watched and alas
nothing happened to report - all cars that came up turned around and went
back to Deansgate. No-one tried to get through and no buses appeared in 20
mins - typical I hear you say !!!
I noticed this is the only one of the three raising bollards that actually
has CCTV on it, possibly because its at the end of St Anns Square, M&S,
Selfridges & Harbey Nicholls are all very close by - so perhaps they are
thinking CCTV hers for toe rag 1 & 2 spotting ???
Hope this helps.
Dave