Traffic - May 29th, 2013.

[Gramaisc]

Not only is the Lichfield Road dug up at the St Leonards lights - http://www.staffordforum.com/xf/index.php?threads/lichfield-road-gas-works-29th-may-2013.11984/ - but Beaconside has three-way temporary lights at the Sandon Road junction, causing considerable queueage, possibly exacerbated by the County Show traffic - and the Weston Road is dug up outside the Co-op and the queue is back past the Hospital lights...

 

[proactive]

As if one major road into/out of Stafford being dug up isn't enough at a time at a time when we hope to attract a larger than usual number of visitors to our town.

Once more the County Council demonstrate Olympic standard fcukwittery.

 

[Gramaisc]

Beaconside temporary lights aren't there at the moment.

Beaconside works have been programmed for this time, but the Weston Road works look a bit more off-the-cuff.

 

[shoes]

Why can't temporary lights have a sensible schedule like the ones they are replacing. Five minutes in each direction is unacceptable!

 

[Gramaisc]

Single-line in each direction will cause difficulties and fewer dead-times during changeovers will increase the general throughput, I suppose..

Having said that, the schedule of the permanent lights there is not the most sensible....

 

[ChrisLewis]

Fantastic timing - just as we have the County Show on!

 

[Gramaisc]

I'm not sure what the Beaconside works are about. I rather assumed that it would be another set of lights where the B5066 heads off to Sandon, as the queues there in the morning are getting a bit excessive, but that doesn't seem to be the case...

 

[Withnail]

Tbf, as was alluded to in the other thread, works while the schools are off makes much sense. It is extraordinarily noticeable how much freer are the roads outside of term time.

 

[Gramaisc]

People may have noticed some single-lane chaos where the A34 reaches Gaol Square, also - this has been backing-up to the point where idiots have been blocking the Halfords lights....