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Stafford Traffic.
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DoggedWalker
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Assume it’s for this;
www.staffordshire.gov.uk
The disruption and plans for closures are clear as mud.
A34 Stone Road, Stafford - Holmcroft Road to Balfour Grove. - Staffordshire County Council
The disruption and plans for closures are clear as mud.
kyoto49
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A34 Stone Road, Stafford - Holmcroft Road to Balfour Grove. - Staffordshire County Council
Nothing about diversion routes..
DoggedWalker
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Having looked at the picture of the sign, and read the page it looks like a single overnight closure to sort out the ‘temporary lanes’ then it’ll be slow moving, cone chaos for a year. At least that’s what I assume.A34 Stone Road, Stafford - Holmcroft Road to Balfour Grove. - Staffordshire County Council
Nothing about diversion routes..
North end will be chaos for a couple of years with the roundabout being built, the works to dual Beaconside (but only part of it?!) and any other hair brained scheme.
A34 Stone Road - northbound closure - A34 Stone Road, A34 Greyfriars, A5013 Eccleshall Road, A34 Creswell
Roundabout at Junction with M6, A34 from M6 Roundabout at Creswell, A34 Redhill Roundabout.
A34 Stone Road - southbound closure - A34 from M6 Roundabout at Creswell, A34 Creswell Roundabout at Junction
with M6, A5013 Eccleshall Road, A34 Greyfriars, A34 Stone Road.
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Theresa Green
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kyoto49
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The flaw in the logic of selfish moronic drivers who speed down narrow residential roads to avoid the queue on either the Stone Road or the Eccleshall Road only to find the queue to town exists on both roads and all they have done is help knacker their car by hitting the speed ramps at 40 mph or more and find themselves unable to merge in to the next queue. Should have just stayed in the queue they were in.
Idiots
Idiots
kyoto49
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I think car drivers in general take leave of their senses.
Don't want people speeding down their own roads but happy to do on others peoples roads.
Don't want to be jammed on the roundabouts but happy to jam others in
Don't want people parking over their drive but happy to block others
Etc
etc
I have no clue what goes through their heads
DoggedWalker
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Zero issues with people using side roads to improve their journey times. They’re public roads available to all, not just residents.
kyoto49
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But not designed for heavy traffic and speeding drivers. You are exactly the type of person who causes issues. Side roads aren't there to improve your journey times at the expense of all the residents who have to try and live their lives, and children who should be able to play out, before we even get on to noise and air pollution. Side roads should not be pressure release valves for traffic that should be on trunk roads.
DoggedWalker
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You’re the type of person who is self-entitled enough to think the publicly maintained roadway outside your house belongs to you. If you want that, go live on Crescent Road etc. Or live in a cul de sac, like me
. Roads were made for cars, not kids to play in. Generally side roads aren’t heavily used, but it’s clear that the cars that do use them reduce the number of cars travelling on ‘main roads’ reducing traffic.
Go experience the awful effect of LTN’s on journey times in Birmingham and London to see why having side roads available matters.
littleme
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2 accidents yesterday on the roundabout, rediculous!
littleme
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Wish there was a rolly eyes thing for your post.....utter rubbish, unless you live on a side Rd that is now a rat run, where cars drive dangerously at 40mph then you have no idea. NIMBY is the word that springs to mind.You’re the type of person who is self-entitled enough to think the publicly maintained roadway outside your house belongs to you. If you want that, go live on Crescent Road etc. Or live in a cul de sac, like me
Roads were made for cars, not kids to play in. Generally side roads aren’t heavily used, but it’s clear that the cars that do use them reduce the number of cars travelling on ‘main roads’ reducing traffic.
Go experience the awful effect of LTN’s on journey times in Birmingham and London to see why having side roads available matters.
kyoto49
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No I'm the type of person who doesn't think that car drivers have some sort of god given right to ruin everyone else's lives in pursuit of saving a few minutes. And I'm the type of person who thinks that the needs of the most vulnerable in our society are more important than car drivers and I'm the type of person who thinks on residential roads a mother has a right to get her child out of the car seat without fearing for the life of herself and the child. And roads weren't built for cars, they're transport corridors for all, horses, cyclists, scooters, and others. Roads only appear to be for cars due to cave man attitudes like yours.You’re the type of person who is self-entitled enough to think the publicly maintained roadway outside your house belongs to you. If you want that, go live on Crescent Road etc. Or live in a cul de sac, like me
Roads were made for cars, not kids to play in. Generally side roads aren’t heavily used, but it’s clear that the cars that do use them reduce the number of cars travelling on ‘main roads’ reducing traffic.
Go experience the awful effect of LTN’s on journey times in Birmingham and London to see why having side roads available matters.
littleme
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And before you ask, no I don't live on the same street as @kyoto49 , but I live on a side street that is now a rat run and I live on a dangerous blind corner. Thankfully I have a drive to park on, next door doesn't and their disability car has been written off twice in 7 months. Mine has been written * off once in the last year, which led to me changing my front garden to a drive.Wish there was a rolly eyes thing for your post.....utter rubbish, unless you live on a side Rd that is now a rat run, where cars drive dangerously at 40mph then you have no idea. NIMBY is the word that springs to mind.
*Completely written off, and as I had finance on the car but no gap insurance, I had to pay off the remaining finance (£1000+) then owned a car I couldn't drive & had to sell for scrap.....its no laughing matter, then refinance another at a much higher rate , with higher insurance, and gap insurance. Glad you think that's funny though.
littleme
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We don't live in Birmingham or London, we live in a RURAL TOWN not a city.You’re the type of person who is self-entitled enough to think the publicly maintained roadway outside your house belongs to you. If you want that, go live on Crescent Road etc. Or live in a cul de sac, like me
Roads were made for cars, not kids to play in. Generally side roads aren’t heavily used, but it’s clear that the cars that do use them reduce the number of cars travelling on ‘main roads’ reducing traffic.
Go experience the awful effect of LTN’s on journey times in Birmingham and London to see why having side roads available matters.
DoggedWalker
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Actually I’m a YIMBY. More roads, more houses, more railway etc. it’s NIMBY attitudes that are stifling growth and making homes unaffordable for many.
I lived off Corporation Street for 6 years. I didn’t have a drive, I experienced cars using the road as a cut through and I never had a problem with it and I had to face the ‘awful’ prospect of not being able to park outside of my house (another entitlement I’ve always found funny when there’s no restrictions on parking). It didn’t bother me because I do the same thing, because it didn’t result in me sat wasting time in stationary traffic and the roads are there for cars anyway.
Talking about speeding is a different argument. Drivers using the roads should do so safely and responsibly and I hope whoever crashed into the cars in the circumstances you describe face appropriate consequences.
I lived off Corporation Street for 6 years. I didn’t have a drive, I experienced cars using the road as a cut through and I never had a problem with it and I had to face the ‘awful’ prospect of not being able to park outside of my house (another entitlement I’ve always found funny when there’s no restrictions on parking). It didn’t bother me because I do the same thing, because it didn’t result in me sat wasting time in stationary traffic and the roads are there for cars anyway.
Talking about speeding is a different argument. Drivers using the roads should do so safely and responsibly and I hope whoever crashed into the cars in the circumstances you describe face appropriate consequences.