Sorry’s not enough (From York Press)
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Sorry’s not enough
10:12am Friday 28th September 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
So once again, Bishopthorpe Road is going to be dug up, for eight weeks this time.
“We apologise for the inconvenience” is all we get, having been informed by road signs erected only this week that the work starts on Monday. Has any one in our council considered the effect of this on the movement of traffic in the area?
Have any of our planners tried to turn right from Scarcroft Road into The Mount/Blossom Street junction?
Because of the ridiculous phasing of the lights, the traffic to the right stands while the lights to exit from Scarcroft Road are on green, so when, as inevitably happens, the box junction is filled with cars, one car at best exits.
One solution would be to have outbound traffic directed down Terry Avenue (admittedly difficult at the moment) with inbound traffic directed through the estate behind Bishopthorpe Road, making each one-way only.
Would anyone in our planning office care to comment?
John Martin, Russell Street, York
Comments(3)
gailybobs
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12:25pm Fri 28 Sep 12
Mr Udigawa
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12:54pm Fri 28 Sep 12
pedalling paul wrote:The writer is asking for solutions to what must be a nightmare for local businesses and residents. If I recall correctly, last time the road was shut the traffic lights continued through the same sequence even though a left turn from scarcroft road into Bishopthorpe road was impossible. A bit of forward planning would be nice.
Unfortunately for you, CoYC has no statutory powers to prevent roads being dug up by authorised utility companies. The "planners" that you refer to will likely be the highways "Network Management" team, who do their best to co-ordinate such requests to minimise disruption. But at the end of the day, ageing underground pipes and cables are being bashed on a daily basis, by the increasingly heavy lorries which EEC legislation permits on UK roads. Maybe you'd rather that the work was not done. But if you went up in a gas explosion while driving past, you might think again (if you survived, that is!)
Now, about that gas explosion......
pedalling paul says...
10:39am Fri 28 Sep 12
The "planners" that you refer to will likely be the highways "Network Management" team, who do their best to co-ordinate such requests to minimise disruption.
But at the end of the day, ageing underground pipes and cables are being bashed on a daily basis, by the increasingly heavy lorries which EEC legislation permits on UK roads.
Maybe you'd rather that the work was not done. But if you went up in a gas explosion while driving past, you might think again (if you survived, that is!)