highways planning

cashman · 14-04-2005, 12:04

just got back from accy,on blackburn rd when you approach the traffic lights at willows lane there is a right turn down the side of platts club,which you will all know.you are waiting for the lights to change! when they do 2 or 3 cars want to turn right, you sit in your car and can't move,the lights are now back on red 2 of the cars have turned right,one to go!green again the waiting car turns right at the end,red again but i'm now only 2 cars from lights,you would think in all their wisdom the powers that be would have blocked the street off,(every other one is)this was before lunch god knows how long the poor sods wait in the rush hour,to me this is rank stupidity,must be the daftest set up in accy-unless you know one dafter?

Aquarius · 14-04-2005, 12:56

Another example of highway wisdom is the traffic lights approaching eastgate from AVH if anything more than about 3 vehicles want to go straight on the road to Eastgate (Netto etc) is blocked even if lights are in your favour.

chav1 · 14-04-2005, 13:17

the guy who desighned accringtons one way system and traffic system didnt even hold a driving licence

i forget his name but any taxi driver can tell you

was he sacked for imcompitence you ask

no he was transfered to blackburn i think it was to get him out the way

god help blackburn lmao

ShortStuff · 14-04-2005, 17:57

How on earth does someone without a driving license get a job like that? The world is a very different place for the pedestrian and the driver! I remember when I was younger and used to get my mum to drop me off at friends - cos I'd only every walked there before I used to guide her the wrong way down one-way streets and dead ends! When you walk you just don't take it in the same!

cashman · 14-04-2005, 18:06

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Originally Posted by chav1

the guy who desighned accringtons one way system and traffic system didnt even hold a driving licence

i forget his name but any taxi driver can tell you

was he sacked for imcompitence you ask

no he was transfered to blackburn i think it was to get him out the way

god help blackburn lmao

well now he's gone why the hell don't they rectify his cock-ups?

chav1 · 14-04-2005, 20:53

because the money is needed elsewhere more ugently..

fairground ride
mayors dinner

etc etc

Busman747 · 14-04-2005, 21:33

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Originally Posted by cashman

when you approach the traffic lights at willows lane there is a right turn down the side of platts club,which you will all know.you are waiting for the lights to change! when they do 2 or 3 cars want to turn right, you sit in your car and can't move,

Maybe you were just unlucky cashman. I see the potential problem but go through those lights several times a day and it is only the occasional time that I have to wait behind a car turning right...or maybe I am lucky?

WillowTheWhisp · 14-04-2005, 21:43

I'm still trying to work out which road you're talking about to the right and if you are coming from, or going into, Accy.

Busman747 · 14-04-2005, 21:47

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Originally Posted by chav1

was he sacked for imcompitence you ask

no he was transfered to blackburn i think it was to get him out the way

god help blackburn lmao

So THAT explains it Blackburn have recently redone the lanes on the roundabout at J.6 (M65) and if you come from the direction of Rishton and intend going on the the ring road all hell breaks out unless you know in advance the lanes on the roundabout!

You need to go almost right round so you start by crossing over to the inner lane (easy so far) As you go round, the theory is that your lane gradually moves to the outside....WRONG! Another inner lane suddenly appears which you need to move into but if you remain in the same lane you are forced off onto the B567? unless you are brave enough to swing your vehicle suddenly over to the right with the danger of side swiping another vehicle! Hard to explain, but if you are local, give it a try

Busman747 · 14-04-2005, 21:55

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I'm still trying to work out which road you're talking about to the right and if you are coming from, or going into, Accy.

Past your favourite Asian sweet shop on your left Willow, past the computer shop also on the left, on the right, there is a newsagent and that shop that sells sari's (but you are probably gonna tell me they are not sari's but something else) and it is the next RIGHT turn that is under discussion in this topic (The one near but not quite on the lights )

Cashman, its better to talk "shops" rather than roads with a few of our Accy members....)

WillowTheWhisp · 14-04-2005, 22:04

At least I know where Rishton is.

cashman · 14-04-2005, 23:38

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I'm still trying to work out which road you're talking about to the right and if you are coming from, or going into, Accy.

said i was coming from accy willow,that means towards church.

WillowTheWhisp · 14-04-2005, 23:43

I got it now thanks.

Acrylic-bob · 15-04-2005, 06:13

We have often mused over the subject of what is wrong with Hyndburn. Well there you have it, in a nutshell. A member of the planning department charged with road management who does not drive. Add to this an architects department that knows nothing about architecture (From general criticism in the national press) and you have a council structure composed of misfits, in charge of a multimillion pound budget. Is it any wonder that the borough is in the state it is. Is it any wonder that it is £50 million in Debt. One wonders what other glaring defficiencies would be uncovered if we were able to take a good hard look at the CV's of council officers.

Graham Jones · 15-04-2005, 18:56

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

We have often mused over the subject of what is wrong with Hyndburn. Well there you have it, in a nutshell. A member of the planning department charged with road management who does not drive. Add to this an architects department that knows nothing about architecture (From general criticism in the national press) and you have a council structure composed of misfits, in charge of a multimillion pound budget. Is it any wonder that the borough is in the state it is. Is it any wonder that it is £50 million in Debt. One wonders what other glaring defficiencies would be uncovered if we were able to take a good hard look at the CV's of council officers.

£27m Bob. £48m including Council Houses. £3.5m a year in repayments.