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Reported in the Road traffic signs category by David Sugden at 14:08, Sun 20 June 2010
Sent to Kirklees Borough Council 2 minutes later
The tight spot at Hanging Royd between Share Hill and Lower Wellhouse is a real howler. Although Golcar bound traffic is asked to give way, the sign is obscured. When a car begins its journey through the 30-40 yards ongoing traffic often exert their own right of way - even though they only appeared from up Share Hill after the manoeuvre was started.
What is needed here is 'Give Way' at both end of the tight spot and (if money available) sleeping policemen.
One day, someone may be seriously hurt.
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I've had an email which suggested that part of the problem would be fixed.
I still suggest that more thought is given to slowing down traffic that passes through this area - in fact through the narrow bits throughout Wellhouse.
i'm told that the police have very few injury reports. However that doesn't alter the fact that cars are bumped frequently in this area or that walking on the pavement-less roads is a danger.
I suspect that the problem hasn't yet been sort, but cannot be sure because I've been away for a few weeks and won't be back for almost two more.
Not much had been promised anyway - just more paint!
Still no action taken by council to put this right. The council say that because there are no police reports suggesting that this is a dangerous junction, it is not a priority.
It looked like the problem was about to be solved last week, when a temporary sign appeared outside my house. This advised those motorists speeding up Share Hill, towards the Hinging Royd 'tight-spot' that there was a priority scheme ahead and that the advised speed was 20 m.p.h.
I thought that this would be the beginning of the end. But an email exchange with my councillor dug up the fact that the sign was for traffic being diverted in and out of Slaithwaite (1.5 miles away), where road works were taking place. The sign has now been (almost) taken away.
My point remains and is now enforced by the council's temporary agreement that the 'tight-spot' requires traffic to slow down and recognise the fact that there is a priority system in place.
Still no change.
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