the 45 traffic lights at st peters way roundabout

[tom617]

what do people think about the 45 traffic lights that they want to put on the st peters way roundabout in northampton.

this is the paper article http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/45-traffic-...

tom

[Matt172]

45 might be ott, but it is about time they put some there, it's a nightmare in the evening

[stormin]

I agree with Matt, doing nothing is not an option.

"Sixfields, which also has three pedestrian crossings, has 45."

Sixfields runs so much smoother now. at least it didn't end up like this.
http://www.gpsdrawing.com/gallery/land/magic_round...

[BIGRAH]

The paper is twisting it. Its not 45 sets of signals but 45 traffic signal heads on the St Peters way Roundabout and the Black Lion Hill Junction.
The work started on the lights about 8 weeks ago and it will improve the traffic flow.

[Matt172]

BIGRAH said:

The paper is twisting it. Its not 45 sets of signals but 45 traffic signal heads on the St Peters way Roundabout and the Black Lion Hill Junction.
The work started on the lights about 8 weeks ago and it will improve the traffic flow.

anything will improve the traffic around there, closing B&Q would be a start
just a shame that the council couldn't plan it a bit better so that the 2 places that get most congested in the morning and evening weren't both being worked on at the same time

[Jackp]

id say its a good and bad idea

good - it wot make it as much accident prone as it is ( althought ive never seen or heard of a crash there)

Bad - It's quite a busy roundabout, Lights being put in could result in very short turns so green only stays on for a short period of time, thus causing longer queues

If it works though then maybe its for the best

[BazMV6]

Not much fun at the moment is it? It took me ages to get thru there on Saturday morning. Hope the lights help matters...

And why does the paper call it the "St Peter's Way Roundabout"? Isn't it the Carlsberg Roundabout to everyone??

Baz.

[tom617]

I don't know, i have always called it the st peters way roundabout because it's on st peters way.

[ian_uk1975]

tom617 said:

I don't know, i have always called it the st peters way roundabout because it's on st peters way.

Me too.

[Matt172]

I've always know it as the gas street or Carslberg roundabout

Edited by Matt172 on Tuesday 29th January 21:52

[stillgrinning]

I've always known it as the one with the bloody roadworks on !

B&Q is not the problem, it's all teh people using the pedestrian crossing which is set to go off instantly and as often as someone presses the button. Ban pedestrians I say !

[Matt172]

stillgrinning said:

Ban pedestrians I say !

sounds like a plan

[tom617]

i don't know why they had to put the crossings so close to the roundabout because you come of the roundabout and if you have to stop it blocks the whole bloody roundabout up, just so a couple of people can cross. can't they just walk a bit further down the road to cross.

[C3 GTK]

tom617 said:

i don't know why they had to put the crossings so close to the roundabout because you come of the roundabout and if you have to stop it blocks the whole bloody roundabout up, just so a couple of people can cross. can't they just walk a bit further down the road to cross.

OI potty mouth

I may be in Italy but I'm still watching


Over here stopping at red lights is optional anyway....