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It could still be using up the end of year budget. Items can be paid for before the year end and then delivered afterwards.zebidee said:Surely this doesn't count as 'end of year using up the budget' considering it's now 11th April?
That is what a slip road is for. To filter the traffic. God help me if it's busy on the motorway as I try to get on and "butt in" whilst your in Lane 1 refusing to assist.big-blue-wolf said:I'm glad they have closed off the exit slip lane. Its a complete PITA when someone drives up their and tries to butt in the traffic.
It may be called 'The Meadows'.Withnail said:I feel for the people who live on (pause while look up what it's called - didn't help a great deal - i've always thought of it as the flood plain but i doubt that would be a very good sales pitch - Ampleforth Drive if that helps) the estate on the Queensville roundabout, if everything is going either this way or that you're stuck for ever.
Got a friend who lives there, not a fun place to drive when it's busy.Gramaisc said:It may be called 'The Meadows'.Withnail said:I feel for the people who live on (pause while look up what it's called - didn't help a great deal - i've always thought of it as the flood plain but i doubt that would be a very good sales pitch - Ampleforth Drive if that helps) the estate on the Queensville roundabout, if everything is going either this way or that you're stuck for ever.
Was only a matter of time. While some people are idiots pulling out, that won't really change with it being a normal junction. At least when they're pointing in the right direction they can boot it.dawnofwar said:Just come back from a lovely walk to the butchers in Post Office Lane.
They have now chevroned the exit slip road and made it a "proper" junction now.
Not quite sure what this is going to achieve, we shall wait and see.
Yep a roundabout wouldn't be very good. Coming out of Wildwood you'd obviously have to give way to the right and since the traffic from Cannock to Stafford is a pretty continuous stream at busy times, it wouldn't be very easy to pull onto the roundabout.Withnail said:Roundabouts only really work if there is an equal throughput.
The double at the top of Radford Bank is a perfect case in point - at peak times everybody is trying to get everywhere so there is a sort of roll on roll off effect, 2 go (from town) up the A34 > 2 go from A34 to Baswich Lane/ A513 > 2 go from the A513 into town > 2 go up the A34 (from town) ad nauseam but not ad infinitum, however it never gets too bad there.
I feel for the people who live on (pause while look up what it's called - didn't help a great deal - i've always thought of it as the flood plain but i doubt that would be a very good sales pitch - Ampleforth Drive if that helps) the estate on the Queensville roundabout, if everything is going either this way or that you're stuck for ever.
The same deal would be the case at Wildwood wouldn't it? You'd wait an eternity for someone to break the general flow of traffic?
Mind you, the one noticeable effect of the economic downturn has been the decline in traffic immediately post peak - i don't tend to be about in peak time, is it noticeable at peak as well?
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What problems is it going to cause? The exit slip arrangement always struck me as poor. Same question as for the slip road going in - was it really working that well? The layout was designed when traffic levels were doubtless a lot lower than they are now.tekkers said:Waste of money and it's all only going to cause more problems. Heard of daft things but them bothering to change this lay out isn't beneficial and it's a joke that our money is spent on making getting onto and out of the estate less simple. Decision made by someone who clearly doesn't live on the estate, if they do live on wildwood then they must enjoy winding themselves up with a daft traffic system. Heading out there's been a filter lane, heading in their is, was working alright so why change it? Yes congestion, so put in a roundabout. Simple.
Not sure you can compare Wildwood to the motorway!!highguyuk said:That is what a slip road is for. To filter the traffic. God help me if it's busy on the motorway as I try to get on and "butt in" whilst your in Lane 1 refusing to assist.
You would have to give way, the same as you do now. However, all you would need is a single car turning into Wildwood coming from Baswich to stop the flow from Cannock and you can turn right (or left, of course) more easily than now, where the traffic leaving town has no power to stop the traffic coming into town.henryscat said:Yep a roundabout wouldn't be very good. Coming out of Wildwood you'd obviously have to give way to the right and since the traffic from Cannock to Stafford is a pretty continuous stream at busy times, it wouldn't be very easy to pull onto the roundabout.Withnail said:Roundabouts only really work if there is an equal throughput.
The double at the top of Radford Bank is a perfect case in point - at peak times everybody is trying to get everywhere so there is a sort of roll on roll off effect, 2 go (from town) up the A34 > 2 go from A34 to Baswich Lane/ A513 > 2 go from the A513 into town > 2 go up the A34 (from town) ad nauseam but not ad infinitum, however it never gets too bad there.
I feel for the people who live on (pause while look up what it's called - didn't help a great deal - i've always thought of it as the flood plain but i doubt that would be a very good sales pitch - Ampleforth Drive if that helps) the estate on the Queensville roundabout, if everything is going either this way or that you're stuck for ever.
The same deal would be the case at Wildwood wouldn't it? You'd wait an eternity for someone to break the general flow of traffic?
Mind you, the one noticeable effect of the economic downturn has been the decline in traffic immediately post peak - i don't tend to be about in peak time, is it noticeable at peak as well?
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Rather a big assumption there.highguyuk said:It could still be using up the end of year budget. Items can be paid for before the year end and then delivered afterwards.zebidee said:Surely this doesn't count as 'end of year using up the budget' considering it's now 11th April?
That is what a slip road is for. To filter the traffic. God help me if it's busy on the motorway as I try to get on and "butt in" whilst your in Lane 1 refusing to assist.big-blue-wolf said:I'm glad they have closed off the exit slip lane. Its a complete PITA when someone drives up their and tries to butt in the traffic.
I'm a big fan of zipping, if only more people partook, it eases tempers as well as aiding traffic flow.big-blue-wolf said:If everyone "zipped" then traffic would flow a lot more freely.
Seeing as they came back a few days afterwards to do the exit out of Wildwood marking, I reckon that they might have been meant to do just the exit one in the first place but did the wrong one. The sliproad coming into Wildwood off the Cannock Road caused no problems whatsoever for the last 30 odd years that it has been there, as far as I am aware.Vault_girl said:Don't get the filling in of the filter into Wildwood though. I was always taught to do the majority of your slowing down wherever possible out of the main lane of traffic so you don't slow other cars down too much. It was perfect for this and as far as I'm aware never caused any "crossing two lanes of traffic" problems for cars turning right into Wildwood. It's not THAT big of a filter... Cars turning right still had plenty of visibility to see the cars turning left (unless they shouldn't be driving).
M6 junction 7!!Trumpet said:I'm a big fan of zipping, if only more people partook, it eases tempers as well as aiding traffic flow.
There's no such thing as a bad road though, just bad driving.Vault_girl said:I'm actually glad they've filled in the filter road OUT of Wildwood.. I HATE driving along the Cannock road when someone is wanting to come out of Wildwood. There is that moment of slowing down enough so that if they decide to pull out on you/dont see you and pull out it wont cause an accident but not slowing down enough so that they think you are actually letting them out and thus pull out on you and cause an accident.
"Some people don't understand democracy - you have to beat it into 'em" - Sir Henry Rawlinson.zakkwylde87 said:totally disagreeing with at least 95% of people! Why?! No one agrees with you!