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dipsydoodle

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2. The reason the traffic lights are not working

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Thu Mar 8, 2012, 08:37 PM

Mar 2012

is because they were maliciously broken during the riots and they can't afford to replace them especially in the knowledge they'll get broken again.

They've, unsuccessfully, been using traffic wardens instead in an effort to keep traffic moving.

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