* The traffic build-up on Regent Street on Friday afternoon.
Llangollen people are asking why they have had to put up with traffic congestion caused by roadworks with no work taking place.
Gas works at the junction of Regent Street, Hill Street and Chapel Street began on October 6 - except they didn't as, despite barriers being erected and lights being switched on, no ground appeared to have been broken on the blocked-off pavement or carriageway until a few days later.
Three trenches were eventually dug in the road. But these were filled in and the road surface restored by last Thursday.
Although the works were due to continue until Saturday, there was a hope that they might be removed on Friday, before the usual weekend traffic build-up began.
But they remained firmly in place causing queues backing up well past Birch Hill by mid-afternoon. And it was virtually the same story in the opposite direction.
It is understood that the lights will now be removed later today (Saturday), with the usual lights at the Castle Street junction being restored.
People are now asking why this situation was allowed to occur on a key trunk route with all its attendant pollution and frustration for local drivers and through-traffic alike.
Llangollen county councillor Karen Edwards described the situation as "unacceptable" and said she was raising the matter with Denbighshire officers.
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