| Topic: | Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | John Kettlekey | |
| Date/Time: | 31/08/20 17:57:00 |
| Sorry if it wasn't clear. Let me clarify:- "It is just signs (and cameras supposedly) being put up to prevent anything other than buses or cyclists going between Dover House Road and Parkstead Road (or vice versa). This is a junction, so how can they go between this particular junction????" I meant going between the named roads (Dover House Road and Parkstead road), e.g. turning from Dover House Road into Parkstead Road, or vice versa. "Buses, emergency vehicles, pedestrians and drivers who want to ignore the signs (and risk a fine) will still be able to drive through that junction either way. This is really incomprehensible —" Oh for the lack of an Oxford comma. Buses: no fine Emergency vehicles: no fine Cyclists: no fine Pedestrians: no fine Drivers not covered by the above that choose to do it anyway: risk of a fine "This means to me that DHR is being divided in two, not only to through traffic but to residents too." Yes, although they'll have the same access to the alternative route (via Pleasance Road) as everyone else. What I'm guessing the council is hoping will happen is that the diversion will prove to be too annoying to the rat-runners, and so they'll seek alternative routes (especially once the chaos hits the Google Maps and Waze sat-navs) which will, eventually, mean the alternative is only a slight annoyance for the local residents (a small price to pay for getting rid of the rat-runners). There's no feasible solution for dealing with rat-runners that doesn't affect the local residents. See the barriers at the junction of Erpingham Road and Upper Richmond Road. It didn't let local residents through but the local residents will take that small hit to avoid their road being swamped with through traffic. |