Wednesday, February 08, 2012

BRIGG ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN?


The short stay parking bays on either side of Bigby Street in Brigg - outside the Post Office's parcel/sorting office - are much used and very useful to motorists wishing to visit that facility or to nip to Nisalocal or other nearby shops. 
However, the ability to U-turn from the slip road outside Hewson House, across two lanes of traffic into the bays right outside the door of the PO (SEE PICTURE) surely merits safety "reminder" signs of some sort being put up to warn motorists to be on their guard. 
For as drivers wait to emerge and U-turn to their right from the slip road, their view is often obscured by cars parked very close by in the bays opposite the Post Office. 
Due to the road layout, drivers about to set off from those bays also need to observe traffic behind them (approaching the Zebra crossing along Bigby Road) and traffic that then suddenly appears in front of them on the slip road leading from Albert Street and Hewson House. 
We are not suggesting for a moment that the U-turning should be banned, only that there appears to be an accident, or accidents, waiting to happen at this point for the unwary. Therefore it just might be worth Coun Nigel Sherwood, Cabinet Member for Highways and Neighbourhoods, seeking the opinion of North Lincolnshire Council's road safety/traffic flow experts. 


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2 comments:

  1. Ken Harrison8 February 2012 at 13:24

    To me, that section of Bigby St. has always been a concern.
    The road itself is crescent shaped and if one is a motorist, or a pedestrian on the 'wrong' side of the road, one is blind to vehicles approaching from the direction of Elwes St.
    Structurally, I think there is little anyone can feasibly do, but perhaps someone could examine the need to introduce a lower speed limit and traffic calming methods in that short stretch from Queen's St to St Clair's Walk.
    In addition, folks parking in that free parking area along Alexandra ((or it it 'Alexandria' (which the plaque on the wall says)) Terrace often reverse into the busy thoroughfare of Bigby Road (yes it is!)

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  2. Ken Harrison8 February 2012 at 13:31

    Can I also add, there is no advance warning of a 'No Left Turn' from the Monument Roundabout, into Queen St.
    It seems that a number of motorists fail to see the 'No Entry' signs near the post-office sorting office and career down Queen St the wrong way, often puzzled why folks are gesturing at them!
    And the pedestrian crossing is seriously in the wrong place - but where else can it go?

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