WORK is due to start later this month on a new pedestrian crossing on a hazardous Burnley road.
The crossing, at the south-eastern end of Trafalgar Street, near the Manchester Road roundabout, is intended to improve links between the town centre and Manchester Road railway station.
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A report before next week's Burnley Three Tier Forum meeting said: "The crossing will have implications to traffic movements on the roundabout and this area of Burnley.
"The new facility will be linked to the existing Burnham Gate signals with the provision of additional vehicle detectors with the aim to reduce the volume of traffic queuing on Trafalgar Street which regularly obstruct the roundabout.
"This work is due to commence after the works on Trafalgar Street and Burnley Barracks are completed. We are likely to be on site in November.
"There has been a long delay in implementing this crossing as the police initially objected to it with concerns about its impact on traffic flows.
"We overcame these by ensuring the proposed crossing and signals at Burnham Gate junction will be phased to work together. They also accepted that the crossing was needed for pedestrian safety."
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