Denise Brownlee from Gatehouse of Fleet told the BBC <\/a>it impacted a meeting she had organised: “A lot of people coming from the west side of Galloway couldn’t actually attend because the road closure meant them driving little single track-type roads going home,” she said<\/p>Travellers from outside the area have also been affected. Kevin Harris from Northern Ireland, a frequent user of the route, described the diversion as “a real pain,” while Pete Barraclough from North Yorkshire reported difficulties during his recent visit to the Wigtown Book Festival, telling the BBC, “There was no signage on the A75 warning that it would close at 20:00 and no diversion signage when it did.”<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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