Stafford Traffic.

[Mudgie]

I agree with this, I have 3 kids, age 30, 29 and 17. The 2 eldest played in the road on front of our house with all the neighbourhood kids ......but that was 20 years ago....probably only about 8 people in our street owned cars then, and it was a quiet side road that wasn't used as the school rat run.

My youngest has never 'played out', kids dont do that anymore (unless you count the feral kids around the corner that are abandoned onto the street in the summer holidays), they sit in their rooms on their laptops/iPhones/Xboxes. The road is way to dangerous for them to be out playing kerby now, to many cars, driving to fast fir a side Rd, and around what is now a blind bend.

When I were a lad ;

 

[proactive]

I had seen a 7½ ton limit at the start of Baswich Lane

It's a shame the HGV drivers who attempt to use Baswich Lane as a through-road don't have eyesight as good as you.

 

[Gramaisc]

When I were a lad ;

We have discussed Play Streets before.

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The road isn't closed its fully open linking Eccleshall with stone Road.the Eccleshall Road between alliance Street and the roundabout is gridlocked at present because of the roadworks. Although. It can be annoying people use that road to avoid congestion and save time. They are doing nothing...

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[littleme]

When I were a lad ;

I don't not remember play streets, if they were a thing, but my 2 eldest did all the time, way before computes, mobiles, gaming consoles etc....

 

[littleme]

On this note did anyone see a thing about 15 min neighbourhood areas... Sounds horrific to me...

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[Steve_b]

Thanks.
I had noticed a gap in the new housing that allows Hydrant Way to be extended beyond the Tixall Road.
I think the canal bridge is listed but wouldn't have though relacing the bridge by St Thomas Priory Farm with a wider one would cost a great deal of money.

The costs arise from trying to cross the flood plains apparently.

 

[The Hawk]

A few years ago Home Zones started to be rolled out in the UK, but the money for them seems to have long dried up.

 

[Mudgie]

The costs arise from trying to cross the flood plains apparently.

Maybe, but for just about twenty yards of widening ?

 

[proactive]

Maybe, but for just about twenty yards of widening ?

Yes. That's just the way it is.

 

[Mudgie]

A few years ago Home Zones started to be rolled out in the UK, but the money for them seems to have long dried up.

Was that encouraging people to stay in their homes as the air outside was so polluted by the traffic ?
And now we're to stay away from rivers because they're all so polluted.

 

[Gramaisc]

We have these around where I currently am.

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That one is on what would be considered a 'main road', but they can exist anywhere - not far away is one down a very rural back lane to nowhere.

 

[proactive]

We have these around where I currently am.

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That one is on what would be considered a 'main road', but they can exist anywhere - not far away is one down a very rural back lane to nowhere.

Do you seriously imagine that those that speed and drive like dicks on roads like Alliance Street can read, or even give a fcuk about anyone else regardless of road signs?

 

[Gramaisc]

Do you seriously imagine that those that speed and drive like dicks on roads like Alliance Street can read, or even give a fcuk about anyone else regardless of road signs?

I doubt that many of them drive past that sign.

 

[proactive]

I doubt that many of them drive past that sign.

I'll take your word for it. But don't for a moment think I doubt that life is better in the Wild West than it is over here, generally speaking.

 

[Gramaisc]

I know which I prefer.

 

[littleme]

The costs arise from trying to cross the flood plains apparently.

Home zones it what they're called? I can see they would be good, but does it allow people to commute to work?

The carer doesnt even walk to the local shops, he drives! I will not not drive unless I'm going to town/work.,..

 

[Steve_b]

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[Noah]

15 min neighbourhood areas.

Sound rather like the ideas of garden cities that were introduced in this country over 100 years ago.

 

[littleme]

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This, this is what I read.....

 

[Jonah]

Thanks.
My mistake. I had seen a 7½ ton limit at the start of Baswich Lane but not noticed that it's advance notice of the canal bridge ¾ mile ahead.
The EDR replacing the two narrow bridges would though have meant a through route for HGVs that residents might then fear would use Baswich Lane hence their opposition.
I didn't know that the money instead had gone on the Rugeley bypass, something of a modern version of Western Springs Road.

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If I recall correctly, the last iteration of the EDR would not have actually encouraged drivers to Baswich Lane. It skirted around Saxon Fields and then went straight through the grounds of Walton High School and then over to the Cannock Road. Something similar to this…