Nogbad the Bad Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 I see they're pulverising the roundabout at the bottom of Jacobs Wells and erecting numerous poles in all directions. It appears there will shortly be yet more traffic lights to disturb the flow of traffic. Never been a problem at this roundabout surely? Nice scenic roundabout with mature trees and works well. How can this benefit anybody? Won't be long until there are traffic lights every 50 yards in Bristol and any remaining pleasure removed from motoring completely. Already slower than London - and the highest proliferation of traffic lights in the country. A clear attempt by the council to make driving miserable and force us off the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Its been going on for weeks, and I thought they were just resurfacing or something, til I saw all the poles appear. Bloody annoying, and I cant see how its going to make the situation there any better. It does tend to clog up a bit during rush hour, but traffic lights are only going to make it worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Bells left foot Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 the worst spot for pointless traffic lights in bristol is the junction of a4 and the b3119. right next to the new lidl store in brislington, when they were first put in took me 30mins plus to go between 50 and 100 yards, longer to go 100 yards than it takes to go the other 13miles home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Three new sets of trafic lights planned for the top of Blackboy Hill. Mature trees on Downs to be removed for "improvements". What a load of ********* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 WHAT? There are already traffic lights up there, why and where are they planning to put new ones. And as for the trees, do we need to get up there and chain ourselves to them Nogbad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 WHAT? There are already traffic lights up there, why and where are they planning to put new ones. And as for the trees, do we need to get up there and chain ourselves to them Nogbad? From memory, I didn't buy the paper, just had a gander at Sainsbury's.......... Complete "upgrade" with new cycle lanes/bus lanes etc. paid for with some multi million pound grant Bristol was " lucky" enough to win, if I understand it correctly. All change from Whiteladies to the Water Tower, slip road from the Water Tower to top of Blackboy to be cycle only, 20 parking places to be lost from outside fitness centre /garage area. One of the new traffic lights would be where the zebra is at the roundabout i think. Trees to be removed along Stoke Road, presumably for road widening as the pavements are already massive and used by cyclists. No point chaining yourself to any trees, they'll chop them anyway. Lots of gaps all over the Downs where they cut down mature trees in the Spring for no apparent reason. No replacements in sight months later. The Downs is being gradually chipped away at, what do the Downs Committee do exactly? As for yet more traffic lights on a system that works perfectly well already, well words (almost) fail me. Months of inconvenience and an ugly mess at the end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! I wish someone with half a brain ran these things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! I wish someone with half a brain ran these things! People with half a brain seem to run most things these days Dolly, that's the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Complete "upgrade" with new cycle lanes I'm a happy boy with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 I'm a happy boy with that You don't reckon 'The Beautiful City' might be a bit less beautiful if they chop down a row of mature trees on the Downs and replace them with unsightly black traffic light poles in all directions then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Came across a big roundabout near Lebeq's Tavern the other day where all the traffic lights had failed - the traffic was moving beautifully, no problem at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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