Intelligent traffic lights to be installed at Hyndburn's 'worst junction' (From Lancashire Telegraph)
When news happens, text LT and your photos and videos to 80360. Or contact us by email or phone.
Intelligent traffic lights to be installed at Hyndburn's 'worst junction'
10:10pm Saturday 7th July 2012 in News
A BOROUGH’S ‘worst junction’ will see intelligent traffic lights installed to stop queuing chaos.
The problem junction at the gateway to Church and Accrington, commonly sees drivers wait up to 20 minutes just to turn. Daily queues at the junction of Dunkenhalgh Way, Henry Street, Hyndburn Road and Dill Hall Lane led the area’s county councillor to campaign for action to be taken.
Coun Malcolm Pritchard said the problems caused on a daily basis showed a clear need for the light sequence to be adjusted.
Lancashire County Council have now released funding for the project, which will see intelligent lights at the junction. The new lights will be fitted with Microprocessor Optimised Vehicle Actuation (MOVA) technology which senses when traffic queues are starting to build.
The sensors are then able to efficiently programme light changes to clear traffic flows quickly and easily. Drivers’ main complaint was that the current lights system does not allow a filter lane for traffic from Henry Street and Church to turn right, causing major queues as drivers have to wait for a lull.
Engineers at LCC assessed the result of traffic counts and developed options using computer programs to assess impact elsewhere. LCC are also to install central white line marking to help position waiting right turners.
Coun Pritchard, who said the scheme will cost approximately £30,000 said: “It’s fantastic news. This junction has been a misery for drivers for so long and now a plan is place to make things better. Hopefully it will see an end to queues in this part of the borough.”
Comments(17)
s_smith
says...
11:11pm Sat 7 Jul 12
jaffa90 wrote:Oh really? Well the roundabouts at Junction 6 and Junction 5 worked well as roundabouts didnt they. Oh wait, hang on, they do now, AFTER they put traffic lights on them.
Roundabouts are the way forward but motorists need to be trained how to use them.
I always give way to those ON the roundabout and not them 50metres to my right waiting also for those 50metres to there right and so on.
jaffa90
says...
12:23am Sun 8 Jul 12
Michael@ClitheroeSince58
says...
1:18am Sun 8 Jul 12
s_smith
says...
1:33am Sun 8 Jul 12
jaffa90 wrote:I dont need to. I look at the road that I used to have to queue on, but dont any more.
Oh really,just look at the traffic flow inbetween light changes.
DoyouknowhoIam?
says...
7:15am Sun 8 Jul 12
jaffa90 wrote:Spot on!!
Roundabouts are the way forward but motorists need to be trained how to use them. I always give way to those ON the roundabout and not them 50metres to my right waiting also for those 50metres to there right and so on.
burner
says...
9:24am Sun 8 Jul 12
Info-warrior
says...
9:25am Sun 8 Jul 12
Cheese gnome
says...
9:27am Sun 8 Jul 12
Info-warrior wrote:So the traffic at 5pm is all down to lazy parents? Erm, last time i checked schols were all shut by half 3.
There isn't enough parents walking there sprogs to school.. Thats the simple basics to the traffic problem in church. "LAZY PARENTING" Best thing about it is the fact that its only a few hundred yards to any of the schools from Church.
banned again phil.m
says...
9:36am Sun 8 Jul 12
Cheese gnome wrote:can we have some of these intelligent lights installed instead of steve kean:)
Info-warrior wrote:So the traffic at 5pm is all down to lazy parents? Erm, last time i checked schols were all shut by half 3.
There isn't enough parents walking there sprogs to school.. Thats the simple basics to the traffic problem in church. "LAZY PARENTING" Best thing about it is the fact that its only a few hundred yards to any of the schools from Church.
davidinburnley
says...
10:38am Sun 8 Jul 12
The problem is anyone wanting to turn right travelling up or down Dill Hall Lane.
Wouldn't it have been a much cheaper option just to stagger those too in a similar way to the Asda junction on Hyndburn Road itself?
Info-warrior
says...
10:59am Sun 8 Jul 12
Cheese gnome wrote:Some of these bone idle parents don't pick up their tax zappers untill way after 4pm 5pm in some cases. The congestion is caused by lazy parents clogging up junctions all over the country not just in Church if they are using their postcode to house their sprogs in Education establishments then they should be in walking distance from the school they should be using. But if these dodgey parents who use addresses of other members of their families to get a better schooling then we are going to have them running their sprogs all over the borough let alone clogging up Dill Hall Lane..
Info-warrior wrote:So the traffic at 5pm is all down to lazy parents? Erm, last time i checked schols were all shut by half 3.
There isn't enough parents walking there sprogs to school.. Thats the simple basics to the traffic problem in church. "LAZY PARENTING" Best thing about it is the fact that its only a few hundred yards to any of the schools from Church.
sharonAccy
says...
11:55am Sun 8 Jul 12
Info-warrior wrote:Erm I use this junction every day to go to and from work, yep I also pick up my kids from school on way home.......would you rather I drove car home then walked to the school......but wait....I'd still have to use the roads coming home from work !!!
Cheese gnome wrote:Some of these bone idle parents don't pick up their tax zappers untill way after 4pm 5pm in some cases. The congestion is caused by lazy parents clogging up junctions all over the country not just in Church if they are using their postcode to house their sprogs in Education establishments then they should be in walking distance from the school they should be using. But if these dodgey parents who use addresses of other members of their families to get a better schooling then we are going to have them running their sprogs all over the borough let alone clogging up Dill Hall Lane..
Info-warrior wrote:So the traffic at 5pm is all down to lazy parents? Erm, last time i checked schols were all shut by half 3.
There isn't enough parents walking there sprogs to school.. Thats the simple basics to the traffic problem in church. "LAZY PARENTING" Best thing about it is the fact that its only a few hundred yards to any of the schools from Church.
Malthus
says...
9:16pm Sun 8 Jul 12
Graham Hartley
says...
10:40pm Sun 8 Jul 12
Malthus wrote:We did in that one.
Not often you see intelligent and Hyndburn in the same sentence.
Your ferret stinks
says...
1:33pm Mon 9 Jul 12
Cheese gnome
says...
2:24pm Mon 9 Jul 12
Info-warrior wrote:So congestion is the fault of lazy parents? Do you realise how mad that sounds?
Cheese gnome wrote:Some of these bone idle parents don't pick up their tax zappers untill way after 4pm 5pm in some cases. The congestion is caused by lazy parents clogging up junctions all over the country not just in Church if they are using their postcode to house their sprogs in Education establishments then they should be in walking distance from the school they should be using. But if these dodgey parents who use addresses of other members of their families to get a better schooling then we are going to have them running their sprogs all over the borough let alone clogging up Dill Hall Lane..
Info-warrior wrote:So the traffic at 5pm is all down to lazy parents? Erm, last time i checked schols were all shut by half 3.
There isn't enough parents walking there sprogs to school.. Thats the simple basics to the traffic problem in church. "LAZY PARENTING" Best thing about it is the fact that its only a few hundred yards to any of the schools from Church.
How about congestion is the fault of workers who will not use public transport? I still do not see one bit of sense in blaming parents for congestion that usually happens after 4. Even if some parents pick their children up later it may put 10 extra cars on the junction. You are rambling, yes i understand that some parents are lazy and that some people use different addresses to get the better schools but what this has to do with a very busy junction is beyond me.
Im all for ranting, i love a good rant, but at least make sure you are ranting about the subject in topic or else it makes no sense.
jaffa90 says...
10:26pm Sat 7 Jul 12
I always give way to those ON the roundabout and not them 50metres to my right waiting also for those 50metres to there right and so on.