Having read a number of online comments, Brigg Blog thought we'd go down and take a look at the new mini-roundabout installed outside the entrance to the 'coming soon' Aldi store which will be opening to shoppers in a few weeks (date still to be announced).
We spent some time observing how drivers are dealing with the feature recently added to the A18 along Bridge Street.
Red and white signs have been placed by the A18 to alert drivers to the fact they are approaching a new road layout.
One motorist we saw came from the direction of the petrol station and used it as a turning circle to head back in the other direction, which is permitted.
Carrying out such a manoeuvre on the rather mini mini-roundabout a few hundred yards away in Scawby Book, as many drivers do, can confuse other drivers approaching on the A18 at Castlethorpe, as some people will be well aware from past experience.
The mini-roundabout near Aldi is larger. A major issue will be how long it takes car-driving customers to find a gap in the traffic when they leave the store and use the circle to turn right towards Brigg town centre. This will be where the majority want to go.
It's already easier to cross this part of the A18 on foot by using the traffic islands installed as part of the project.
The store site was a hive of activity yesterday (Monday) with a good deal still to be done before the initial shoppers arrive.
Many people in the town, and living nearby, are keen to know the opening date, and we've already lodged a request with Aldi to be informed.
