TAVISTOCK?s annual Goose Fair takes place next Wednesday ? and special arrangements for traffic and parking have been put in place to cope with the thousands of visitors expected to flood into the town. Plymouth Road and Bedford Square will be completely closed to traffic on fair day, and the fair will fill the Guildhall car park, Bedford car park and the Wharf car park ? the latter two car parks will be closed from this Saturday. During Goose Fair, West Devon Borough Council?s car parks in Russell Street, Chapel Street and Riverside will also be closed. Abbey car park will be available for blue badge holders only ? charges will apply. ?No parking? cones will also be set out in many streets, so the town council is encouraging visitors to use the park and ride scheme being run by Tavistock Lions and Plymouth-Tamar Lions clubs. A spokesman for the council said: ?There will be a high police presence in Tavistock during this period and illegally parked vehicles will be removed without delay. ?Vehicles parked causing an obstruction will also be deemed to be illegally parked, and heavy fines plus a storage fee will be incurred for recovery from the police compound.? The park and ride scheme will operate from Yelverton Aerodrome, Lumburn Rise on the Callington Road and at Harford Bridge Holiday Park near Peter Tavy ? yellow AA-type signs will identify the car parks. There will be designated areas for disabled drivers and a small wheelchair access bus will operate from Yelverton. The spokesman said: ?Target Travel will be co-ordinating the bus services and will run frequent shuttle services to strategic points in the town centre from the park and ride locations. The service will operate between 9am and 10.30pm, depending on demand.? A flat rate of £5 will cover the return bus journey to Tavistock for all occupants of a car parked at Lumburn or Harford Bridge. The charges for the Yelverton park and ride will be £2 per adult and 50p for under-16s. As in previous years the principal roads in the centre of Tavistock will be closed to through traffic. The following roads will be closed from 5.30pm on Tuesday October 9 to 7am on Thursday October 11: Plymouth Road from Drake Statue to Bedford Square, Bedford Square, Abbey Place, Russell Street, Market Street, Market Road and Canal Road. The longer street closure is to allow for cleaning of Plymouth Road after the event. Council cleaners will start at 6am on October 11 in order to get the town back to normal use for working hours. To facilitate through traffic, the A386 from Okehampton will continue along Stannary Bridge Road, Mount Tavy Road, Dolvin Road, Abbey Rise, Whitchurch Road and will be two-way along its entire length. Plymouth bound traffic will be directed to continue along Whitchurch Road to rejoin the A386 at Grenofen. Cornwall bound traffic will be directed into Anderton Lane at Whitchurch Post Office to rejoin the A386 on the Anderton Straight. Anderton Lane will be one-way towards the A386, however there will be a short two-way length to enable access only to James Road and Anderton Court. There will no entry into Anderton lane from the A386 at Anderton Straight. The A386 from Plymouth Road will be two-way traffic up to the roundabout at the junction with Ford Street. Ford Street will be two-way traffic, as will Launceston Road to its junction with Spring Hill. West Street will be one-way northbound towards Okehampton, The lower part of West Street, usually one-way, will reversed during fair day. Traffic using West Street will continue north to Bedford Square, where motorists joining from Drake Road will be required to turn left along Duke Street, Brook Street and Parkwood Road to rejoin the A386 at Stannary Bridge Road. Vigo Bridge will be one-way approaching Parkwood Road to allow residents access.
