Road Safety and Traffic Management

2 Replies to “Road Safety and Traffic Management”

1. Thanks Lee. The blocking of one side of the Sunny Bank green was to deter traffic from coming up Back Lane as a rat-run, and also importantly slow it down – for all of the reasons expressed in your comment and also that local children routinely play in Back Lane near the playing field. Thanks again. David

2. I have driven through Holcot every day on my way to and from work for the last 13 years. During that time I have only used Sunny Bank/Back Lane on a handful of occasions when there has been a really serious blockage approaching the crossroads and in my opinion it is a route that should be avoided due to the narrow winding nature, the proximity of the homes and the potential for disaster if you meet someone coming the other way. Every morning I join the queue for the crossroads and every morning it exasperates me to see a steady stream of cars defaulting to using the Sunny Bank route to in order to gain a few seconds and a few car lengths. However, in doing so they are adding to the stream of traffic we have to give way to when using the crossroads properly. I am amazed that residents of Back Lane haven’t protested more strongly about the heavy traffic flying past their houses every morning, I know blocking one part of the entry to Sunny Bank was an attempt to deter people from using that route but I would have thought making the bottom of Sunny Bank a “NO ENTRY” altogether would have the desired effect. The road would still be 2-way enabling residents to enter at the top and exit whichever way suited them better, but it would stop the morning flood of East to West traffic avoiding the crossroads. Just a thought.

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