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Portsmouth--> The M275 does the same as the M271 (Maybe Ill Tonkso or a local could claify this?)quote> Actually, the M275 heads down the western edge of Portsea Island (that is Portsmouth proper) and officially ends about 500m from the city center, coupled with this, the 275 is one of the main access routes for the PPA Ferry Port which serves France, Spain and the channel islands. The biggest problem with the M275 is that it's one of only 3 roads into Portsea Island (JFI: Portsmouth is the only city in the UK on an island) and as such it's subject to heavy congestion, a situation which is further exhasberated is there's a crash or some other block on either the A2030 (Eastern Road) or the Northern Parade. The whole road netword in Portsmouth is shite really as the A27 (M27 lite) which runs E-W along the northern edge of Portsea Island is outdated and severely over subscribed at the moment, the Southamton Road is an embarrasement and bloody dangerous and as stated, the three access roads into portsmouth just don't hack it any more. The city and country councils have been toying with LRT or tram access in the city for YEARS not to mention the bi-annual mention of Park & Ride but since the council is in a state of permenant flux nothing ever gets close to being done..any ways that's a whole other mess of crap.

Firstly I just want to say...and this cannot be overstated HOLY CRAP Honestly, the sheer work that's gone into this is astounding. I would have got bored and played Sims 2 by about page 6. On that note, totally unrelated, but I thought I might share a photo I took of one of the Edmonton Police band sims taking a stroll through my home city of Portsmouth in the UK. It's off site I'm afriad, on deviantART but I thought you might get a kick out of seeing it http://www.deviantart.com/view/11907309/ Oh and I dont want this to sound patronising, as I'm sure it will. but I just want to say that the guys from the police band were fantastic, they were so great to talk to afterwards and they did talk, at length with the couple of hundred people who were walking by and decided to watch, myself included. This guy in the photo if memory serves actually came from Londonderry. So there you go Oh, just in case I hadn't highlighted it earlier, that region is <--Watch your language...might not have been the work, but way too close--> fantastic