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garinda · 28-08-2012, 16:04

Years ago there was no rush hour around here, and no regular traffic jams, unless there was a specific reason, such as an accident/road works etc.

I realised this is no longer the case last year, when I was a passenger in a car and it took over one hour to travel down King St., at around five p.m., just trying to get from Blackburn Rd., to the roundabout near the viaduct.

Today was even worse, as it was only around two o'clock in the afternoon. Fifty two minutes from Union St, along the short stretch of Blackburn Road, to the other side of the roundabout on Eagle St.

Our driver said this is a regular occurence now , at any hour of the day.

There's absolutely no reason this happens.

Other than whoever is in charge of traffic flow, and town planning in Accrington, is an imbecile.

Blackburn Rd, the town's premier route into town, now has to feed into the traffic from Eagle St, which has greatly increased since the Tesco superstore was built up there. Plus there's still a zebra crossing there, and a few yards away, traffic lights at the otherside of the viaduct.

Today was utter chaos.

Total gridlock.

Traffic was backed we were told, all the way up to Manchester and Whalley Roads, and in the other direction, past the bottom of Willows Lane. The town centre was at a standstill.

Forget fast track bus lanes, and seventy million quid wasted on daft red routes, this junction needs sorting...and fast.

All it needs is someone blessed with common sense to spend half an hour there, and they'll be able to work out what needs doing. Either lights, or a change of priority, even another bloomin' mini-roundabout. Anything would be an improvement on the dog's dinner of a mess that's there now.

If I was a visitor to the town it would certainly put me off ever wanting to come back here.

It urgently needs addressing.

Accrington already has a myriad of other problems, this is one that it could do with out.

One which could be solved relatively easily.

As long as the same numpty who did it the last time, isn't given the job again.

28-08-2012, 16:04	#1
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16469	Gridlock. Years ago there was no rush hour around here, and no regular traffic jams, unless there was a specific reason, such as an accident/road works etc. I realised this is no longer the case last year, when I was a passenger in a car and it took over one hour to travel down King St., at around five p.m., just trying to get from Blackburn Rd., to the roundabout near the viaduct. Today was even worse, as it was only around two o'clock in the afternoon. Fifty two minutes from Union St, along the short stretch of Blackburn Road, to the other side of the roundabout on Eagle St. Our driver said this is a regular occurence now , at any hour of the day. There's absolutely no reason this happens. Other than whoever is in charge of traffic flow, and town planning in Accrington, is an imbecile. Blackburn Rd, the town's premier route into town, now has to feed into the traffic from Eagle St, which has greatly increased since the Tesco superstore was built up there. Plus there's still a zebra crossing there, and a few yards away, traffic lights at the otherside of the viaduct. Today was utter chaos. Total gridlock. Traffic was backed we were told, all the way up to Manchester and Whalley Roads, and in the other direction, past the bottom of Willows Lane. The town centre was at a standstill. Forget fast track bus lanes, and seventy million quid wasted on daft red routes, this junction needs sorting...and fast. All it needs is someone blessed with common sense to spend half an hour there, and they'll be able to work out what needs doing. Either lights, or a change of priority, even another bloomin' mini-roundabout. Anything would be an improvement on the dog's dinner of a mess that's there now. If I was a visitor to the town it would certainly put me off ever wanting to come back here. It urgently needs addressing. Accrington already has a myriad of other problems, this is one that it could do with out. One which could be solved relatively easily. As long as the same numpty who did it the last time, isn't given the job again. __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher. Last edited by garinda; 28-08-2012 at 16:06.