There are road works and traffic lights in every town

The irony of your two articles (“residents fume at hosepipe ban” & “market town traffic chaos sees gridlock”) last week did not escape me.

A further article was entitled “closure of road costs business”.

They all involved Wessex Water.

Granted, the communication and signage should have been better, but what do we as residents prefer: an emergency dealt with, reported leaks sorted, regular maintenance on an essential service or a journey that didn’t go to plan?!

Having returned from a holiday road trip around the western coasts of mid Wales and Cumbria, I can tell you that there are road works and traffic lights in every town and many rural roads.

But at least Wessex Water wasn’t to blame!

Carole King, Westbury, Wiltshire