The bus lay-by is not wide enough to fully accommodate the bus, forcing passing vehicles into the path of traffic using the right hand turn lane into the sorting office. This in turn creates a queue of traffic back over the level crossing northbound.
If of course you are in a hurry and cannot wait for the barriers to come up, then you can take an alternative route!
Heading toward the barriers southbound to beat the queue!
Heading toward the barriers southbound to beat the queue!
Or you could wait for the barriers to go up and then be on your way again!!
As a reminder, the study cost £13,300 and was paid 50% from a members bid and 50% from S106, a developers contribution. The cost of implementing the right hand turn lane is approximately £70,000, which would be paid from existing S106 contributions. Whilst undertaking improvements the condition of the carriageway on the approach to the level crossing would also be looked at with a view to possible resurfacing.
Is this scheme value for money? Have the highway improvements made any difference to the flow of traffic in the area, or as some have suggested, has this new highway scheme made crossing the level crossing northbound more dangerous because of the bus holding up the traffic?
As a reminder, the study cost £13,300 and was paid 50% from a members bid and 50% from S106, a developers contribution. The cost of implementing the right hand turn lane is approximately £70,000, which would be paid from existing S106 contributions. Whilst undertaking improvements the condition of the carriageway on the approach to the level crossing would also be looked at with a view to possible resurfacing.
Is this scheme value for money? Have the highway improvements made any difference to the flow of traffic in the area, or as some have suggested, has this new highway scheme made crossing the level crossing northbound more dangerous because of the bus holding up the traffic?
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