Brigg Blog was intending to run a story questioning the need to install two high-standing lights on poles above the Belisha beacons, as part of the recent refurbishment of the zebra crossing in Bigby Street.
We took some pictures at the weekend with the intention of publishing them to show the public the lights we then felt to be well over the top...literally.
But earlier this week we drove down Bigby Street when it was foggy and as we were approaching from the Monument were immediately struck how these down-facing lights either side of the crossing made the orange Belisha beacons stand out in the gloom. So now we are not so sure.
Our former Town Clerk, Joseph J Magrath, was a national figure in the campaign to prevent accidents in communities. So perhaps Brigg is a town where we should err on the side of caution.
These lights look expensive, and are very likely to be some nationally laid down requirement that applies to new crossings. Maybe Coun Nigel Sherwood (Brigg and Wolds), the Cabinet Member for Highways and Neighbourhoods at North Lincolnshire Council, which installed them, will read this and be able to confirm that's the case, as the crossing improvements took place on his watch, so to speak. If/when Nigel responds, we will run another post on Brigg Blog, with the pictures.
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....tha zebra x-ing in on Bigby ROAD, Scribs.
Bigby Road starts from the junction of Queen St to the railway level x-ing.
This does cause confusion - when I lived on Bigby Road (beyond the Monument), folks, including the emergency services + a mid-wife, use to enquire where specific low numbered houses where......ie Elizabeth Terrace, behind the Brit are in Bigby Road.
It is obviously still causing confusion.
I lived on Elizabeth Terrace when the road outside was one way . When they changed it to two way I regurlarly drove towards oncoming traffic on the wrong side of the road by sheer force of habit.
Most of our post used to end up at Elizabeth Court if it wasn't addressed with Bigby Road after Elizabeth Terrace.
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