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zebidee

zebidee

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Are the Beaconside lights and 30mph limit responsible for the tailbacks down Greyfriars too? Twice this week I’ve come up towards Maccies drive through, (once around 3.30, once at 5.30) and been stuck inching along and around that island up to the a34. Weds night we had to mount kerbs to let an ambulance through. It’s ridiculous.
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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zebidee said:
Are the Beaconside lights and 30mph limit responsible for the tailbacks down Greyfriars too? Twice this week I’ve come up towards Maccies drive through, (once around 3.30, once at 5.30) and been stuck inching along and around that island up to the a34. Weds night we had to mount kerbs to let an ambulance through. It’s ridiculous.
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Is that northbound?

The crossing at Tesco often causes tailbacks onto the roundabout and people then block traffic from entering from Eccleshall Road, too.

There is also the three-way light set-up at Holmcroft Road / Eccleshall Road junction, which might reach back that far at times - the queue is usually back past the ex-school at quiet times.
 
kyoto49

kyoto49

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zebidee said:
Are the Beaconside lights and 30mph limit responsible for the tailbacks down Greyfriars too? Twice this week I’ve come up towards Maccies drive through, (once around 3.30, once at 5.30) and been stuck inching along and around that island up to the a34. Weds night we had to mount kerbs to let an ambulance through. It’s ridiculous.
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It'll be the lights on the Eccleshall Road:(
 
zebidee

zebidee

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Gramaisc said:
Is that northbound?

The crossing at Tesco often causes tailbacks onto the roundabout and people then block traffic from entering from Eccleshall Road, too.

There is also the three-way light set-up at Holmcroft Road / Eccleshall Road junction, which might reach back that far at times - the queue is usually back past the ex-school at quiet times.
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Yes northbound, doesn’t seem to be an Eccleshall Road problem, more a volume of traffic on A34. Don’t recall seeing anything like it particularly before
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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zebidee said:
Yes northbound, doesn’t seem to be an Eccleshall Road problem, more a volume of traffic on A34. Don’t recall seeing anything like it particularly before
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Did you pass up to the north? Did it ease after the crossing? There can also be considerable bus-stop issues there, between the roundabout and the old railway bridge, also causing further back-up onto the roundabout. I'm not sure that it would be legal, even if it was possible, to overtake a stationary bus there, in either direction, whilst the pennies were being counted out, due to the zig-zag markings from the crossing - in fact, I wonder if the bus-stops, or at least the northbound stop in particular, are even legal?

I tend to avoid the so-called busy times, because it's just not worth the effort any more. My current, on-going correspondence with our paid professionals does not give me any hope for improvement - ever.
 
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