Lammascote Island - new traffic lights

Confused

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Spotted today that the island is now going to have traffic lights on every junction. I thought 14 weeks was a long time just to replace the old lights with new ones.

Should make the exit from North Walls much easier? Not sure how much it'll ease or cause congestion for the other traffic though?

I've only been living in Stafford 18 years or so, so I'm guessing this is just reverting to how the island was when it was constructed?
 

John Marwood

I ♥ cryptic crosswords
in the olden days it was a straight line into town

unless you were heading for the Unicorn ( or from it )
 

db

#chaplife
jesus christ, there mustn't be a single stretch of road left in stafford without traffic lights! who puts traffic lights on a bloody roundabout?? surely the point of a roundabout is that traffic lights are not required and traffic flows based on the the gaps created by changing priorities?
 

John Marwood

I ♥ cryptic crosswords
dont call him Shirley - Jesus, he dunna mind tho..

Traffic lights were first bred in captivity in Penkridge and later the first one was allowed to go public in the centre of Wolverhampton ( betwixt the Varsity and the Hogs as it is now )
 

My Name is URL

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Dirtybobby, stop talking sense... you'll never get a job in the councils planning / highways department if you keep talking like that.
 

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
Anybody remember the Queensway before they turned the lights on? It was no real problem, was it? There were actually more lights when it was new!
 

basil

don't mention the blinds
They had a set dedicated to the fire station why i don't know, i also remember the Green Godesses being there in i think 1977........
 

highguyuk

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Great idea. Should improve traffic flow around the Junction and increase Pedestrian Safety.

Next scheme should be to enforce the yellow box markings near Kwik Fit and to improve Traffic Flow up the Weston Road in the morning.
 

Toble

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highguyuk said:
Great idea. Should improve traffic flow around the Junction and increase Pedestrian Safety.
Oh yes, sure. No more crossings are going in.

Have you forgotten how much more smoothly the traffic moved when the light failed last time at the Island end? It was a joy to watch.
 

BBC

You knows it
This isn't surprising. On my old drive to work there were 14 sets of lights in just over 2 miles through Stafford. I now work 30 miles away and have to deal with 3 sets of lights!

The council should concentrate on filling in some of the suspension breaking pot holes that litter the county towns roads rather than installing needless speed humps, traffic lights and dangerous filter lanes (Chell island).

I agree with Grubby Robert that roundabouts should not need traffic lights to keep traffic moving. I would also advocate putting a roundabout at Lammascote Junction or at least put a green filter arrow for the turning onto Riverway to reduce the needless traffic conjestion that builds up past the leisure centre. Maybe this is too much common sense though!?
 

Gramaisc

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When they humped Corporation Street I actually saw two blokes laying a hump whilst two more were filling in the hole next to it. I thought of suggesting that they just left it alone.
 

henryscat

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BBC said:
I agree with Grubby Robert that roundabouts should not need traffic lights to keep traffic moving. I would also advocate putting a roundabout at Lammascote Junction or at least put a green filter arrow for the turning onto Riverway to reduce the needless traffic conjestion that builds up past the leisure centre. Maybe this is too much common sense though!?
Roundabouts will only cope properly with a certain amount of traffic before they stop working well.

Filter into Riverway is a waste of time. If more stuff turns right into Riverway all it does is add even more cars to already long queues at the lights the other end of Riverway turning into Lichfield Road - or more people will rat run via Fairway / St Leonards to Lichfield Road. You wouldn't want to extend the green time on Riverway (Lichfield Road end) because then traffic blocking back up Lichfield Road to The Sun roundabout would be even worse.
 

Gramaisc

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Weston Road/Riverway/Corporation Street/Lammascote Road junction used to be a roundabout - up to the late 70s.
 
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