One-way experiment will confound the doom-mongers, councillor claims
Thursday, 21st November 2013.
Those who predict the proposed one-way traffic system experiment in Camps Road will be disastrous will be proved wrong, according to the chairman of Haverhill Safer Neighbourhood Team, Cllr Tim Marks.
The experiment is due to come into force early next year and run for six months.
It will see Camps Road become one-way north to south from Swan Lane to the bottom of Mill Road. The one-way section of Mill Road, currently downhill, will be reversed to uphill towards Helioms Park Avenue.
Several members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council's Haverhill Area Working Party meeting yesterday voiced concerns about the resulting traffic problems around the town as people tried to travel from south to north.
But Cllr Marks said: "This is an experiment and I believe all the prophets of doom may be confounded."
He said he was frustrated that signage further out of town which had been called for had not yet materialised.
"The problem is that traffic arrives at the town centre and is right on top of the closed area before they realise it," he said.
Other members agreed.Town clerk Will Austin said Suffolk County Council had promised to provide earlier signage and he believed it was on its way.
"The town council supports the experiment," he said. "We expect it will solve more difficulties than it creates. It is worth a try."
The experiment is due to come into force early next year and run for six months.
It will see Camps Road become one-way north to south from Swan Lane to the bottom of Mill Road. The one-way section of Mill Road, currently downhill, will be reversed to uphill towards Helioms Park Avenue.
Several members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council's Haverhill Area Working Party meeting yesterday voiced concerns about the resulting traffic problems around the town as people tried to travel from south to north.
But Cllr Marks said: "This is an experiment and I believe all the prophets of doom may be confounded."
He said he was frustrated that signage further out of town which had been called for had not yet materialised.
"The problem is that traffic arrives at the town centre and is right on top of the closed area before they realise it," he said.
Other members agreed.Town clerk Will Austin said Suffolk County Council had promised to provide earlier signage and he believed it was on its way.
"The town council supports the experiment," he said. "We expect it will solve more difficulties than it creates. It is worth a try."
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