Thursday 18 July 2024 (1006) – Traffic chaos in Mildenhall : 4 of 6

Re-surfacing in a side road (Shrublands) off King Street in Mildenhall caused quite a bit of traffic chaos as the vehicles of the contractor moved in and out. ‘Stop/Go’ boards controlled the traffic with queues of traffic running back from the War Memorial junction to Kingsway, North Terrace, Queensway and High Street as well as blocking King Street itself.

At this moment the traffic was on the move again having been stopped in both directions as the large road surface stripping machine had been turning around. The low loader that had brought it was parked alongside Heron Foods (behind the camera) close to the bus station exit causing further chaos.

Stephensons 608 (EU64 CVR) had had difficulty leaving the bus station and then had to queue at the traffic control.

The bus is an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 bodied Scania N230UD new in September 2014 which was working the 0910 service 16 from Newmarket to Bury St. Edmunds. Considering the surrounding mayhem the driver was not doing too bad for time. The scheduled departure time from the bus station was 1002 but it would be 1012 before the bus got to Croft Place on Kingsway (via the Hub at 1008).