{"id":358318,"date":"2025-08-20T02:33:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T02:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/358318\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T02:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T02:33:19","slug":"why-buses-20-and-322-have-followed-a-diversion-for-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/358318\/","title":{"rendered":"Why buses 20 and 322 have followed a diversion for a year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Passengers checking routes for the 20 or 322 buses will see a notice stating that \u201cuntil further notice\u201d they are unable to serve High Street Stop B outside the former Wilko unit.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"The bollards malfunctioning in 2024\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The bollards malfunctioning in 2024 (Image: Stephen Danzig) It adds that this diversion has been in place since July 18, 2024, and is because of Watford High Street&#8217;s bollards.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Asked how the issue could have been allowed to last for 12 months, Hertfordshire County Council confirmed the change is now precautionary rather than in response to a current issue.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watfordobserver.co.uk\/news\/25402414.motorcyclist-hospitalised-serious-injuries-air-ambulance-called\/?rel=cl_mra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Motorcyclist hospitalised with &#8216;serious injuries&#8217; after air ambulance called<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watfordobserver.co.uk\/news\/25402018.popular-chippy-sale-trading-same-place-125-years\/?rel=cl_mra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Popular chippy for sale after trading from &#8216;same place for 125 years&#8217;<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watfordobserver.co.uk\/news\/25401327.construction-complete-college-building-replaced-65-flats\/?rel=cl_mra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Construction complete as college building replaced with 65 flats<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cArriva buses have made a decision to divert the bus route due to the bollards controlling entry being unreliable,\u201d a spokesperson.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe bollards are currently working, but we know that there are long-standing issues with their operation, and we understand why Arriva would rather omit this from their route.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe safety of residents in our high streets is important to us and the bollards were installed as part of a programme to ensure a separation between people and vehicles in pedestrian areas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Passengers checking routes for the 20 or 322 buses will see a notice stating that \u201cuntil further notice\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-358318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115058757094460693","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}