McG,The road is not closed in the legal sense, MOTORISTS JUST HAVE TO WAIT A FEW MINUTES WHILE THE BALL IS THROWN. TO OBTAIN LEGAL ROAD CLOSURE YOU HAVE TO APPLY TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND IT COSTS HUNDREDS.It then appears as a notice in the local paper , that is Road Closure.
the roads are not closed but motorists are temporarily made to wait a few minutes, something quite different, more akin to having to wait at lights, speaking from experience, I would say I have been rarely made to wait, they generally throw when their lookouts tyell them their is no oncoming traffic