Letter: Harlescott traffic improvements have their faults
Thursday 25th November 2010, 5:59AM GMT.
Letter: I have sat back for a few weeks now to see how the flow of traffic through the new set up at Harlescott crossroads has been going.
Why did it take the death of a young person to have these lights put right in the first place? The original design, of two lanes merging into one within 50 yards of the lights towards town, was always a recipe for disaster.
Since the lights have been altered, generally, the traffic flow into town from Battlefield, the towards Battlefield and traffic from Featherbed Lane tends to run without too much of a hold up.
However, the flow coming down Harlescott Lane is a great big bottleneck due to the pedestrian refuge in the middle of the lane outside the banks. This is where the traffic used to split firstly into two lanes and then three lanes up to the lights.
Now you have single lane which backs up beyond the level crossing at times whilst traffic is trying to merge not only into three lanes but ha-ving to cope with vehicles trying to filter in from the slip road by the banks and trying to cross over the traffic flow when turning right out of Lidl supermarket.
The amount of people using the central reservation whilst crossing the road is virtually non existent. There are pedestrian crossings lights at the crossroad. Why do we need the refuge?
Terry Wilkinson
Shrewsbury
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On both occasions that I have crossed those lights I have seen pedestrians on the central reservation Terry.
I would guess that the highways surveyed the number of people using the roads and I beleive a lot of local consultation took place.
I think the problem is the level crossing intermittetly holding the traffic up and what could be done about that I have no idea.
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“I would guess that the highways surveyed the number of people using the roads and I beleive a lot of local consultation took place.”
Do you really believe this to be true , Eva? I would be most suprised if it was and a first for any council to consider anyone who actually used the roads.
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[claire bennett
September 13, 2010 at 18:31
I for one am extremely greatful for the changes. I started the facebook group to alert people to the danger of the traffic flowing onto Whitchurch road where that stupid old filter lane was which encouraged people to speed to beat the line of traffic. Since that lane has been taken away there have been no near misses that we are aware of or accidents, which were happening on a daily basis.
it was a long battle but with the help of many people we got the layout changed for the better in my opinion.]
etc. etc.
[Do you really believe this to be true , Eva? I would be most suprised if it was and a first for any council to consider anyone who actually used the roads.]
You do talk a lot of tosh roadrunner.
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