Road safety consultation on 'absolutely lethal' Stirling Corner (From Borehamwood Times)
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Road safety consultation on 'absolutely lethal' Stirling Corner
3:09pm Wednesday 26th September 2012 in News By Natalie O'Neill
Consultation aims to get 24-hour traffic signals at Stirling Corner
A consultation on road safety at Stirling Corner has been launched in an attempt to persuade Transport for London to extend the traffic signals.
Labour London Assembly member Andrew Dismore is asking people in Borehamwood to complete the survey which he plans to hand to TfL in the coming weeks.
The traffic lights currently operate for just three hours a day from 3.30-6.30pm which Mr Dismore says is causing danger to pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.
Speaking to the Borehamwood Times, he said: “This has been an issue for many years and after speaking to people recently, it has become clear they are wound up about it.
“It’s absolutely lethal for people to try and get across the road when the lights aren't working. It’s creating a ridiculous situation where people will actually get on a bus on the far side of the junction to get safely across to the other side.
“The answer for pedestrians is to have the lights on 24/7.”
But Mr Dismore insists this is not just a problem for people on foot.
He added: “Motorists struggle to join the junction when the lights aren’t working, especially from the south and north arm. You really have to put your foot down to join it when the traffic is coming at 70mph.
“The consultations are already coming back thick and fast and it’s pretty unanimous that people want something to be done.”
Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council’s Transport and Road Safety Forum also attempted to get the lights working round the clock, but were told by TfL in March this was not going to happen. Despite 4,000 signatures from people in favour of the change, TfL had claimed it would have a negative impact on traffic flow.
The consultation forms can be found on Andrew Dismore's website.
The Borehamwood Times is waiting for a response from TfL.
Comments(6)
jgee
says...
9:48pm Wed 26 Sep 12
more.org.uk/home/wp-
content/uploads/2012
/09/GLA-Stirling-Cor
ner-Survey-September
-2012.pdf
There you go - that's the link
Suzy-Sue
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10:56pm Wed 26 Sep 12
Thank you Andrew Dismore for helping us here.
arturon
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9:05am Fri 28 Sep 12
Neiltheboss
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7:31pm Fri 28 Sep 12
See Times latest article - they won't reinstate traffic lights as no pedestrian or driver has been killed.
Appalling - it will take a fatality for something to be done..
EP Herts
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11:04pm Fri 28 Sep 12
If you come down from Hatfield and want to turn right at the roundabout you are taking your life in your hands, everyone treats it like a motorway and the righthand lane as the fast lane, so as you approach indicating your are going right, you know there is some idiot coming up behind you travellings at 70/80/90 mph and all you can do is hope the road clears or they notice you before they plough into the back of your car.
I assume the people making these decisions do not have to use this road on a regular basis.
Respect to Mr Dinsmore, survey will be in the post tomorrow.
Neiltheboss says...
4:40pm Wed 26 Sep 12