Yet another shake-up involving major roundabouts in Telford is set to be carried out, this time involving a new £250,000 computerised system which would control traffic signals across Telford & Wrekin.
Yet another shake-up involving major roundabouts in Telford is set to be carried out, this time involving a new £250,000 computerised system which would control traffic signals across Telford & Wrekin.
Council bosses hope the changes - planned for within a year -Êwill make traffic flow across the borough easier.
Ketley Brook roundabout and Trench Lock Interchanges are two of the areas highway chiefs are looking at. The scheme would see a new Urban Traffic Management and Control system being brought in by April next year.
It would link all signals across the borough to a central nerve centre. Computers would automatically adjust the lights’ timing to keep traffic flowing.
Telford & Wrekin Councillor Sean Kelly said improvements had already been made at Ketley Brook Roundabout with signal timings and an extra lane .
He said from his point of view if they were starting from scratch he would not want traffic lights but they were having to “make the best out of a bad situation”.
Councillor Kelly said complaints about the roundabout and congestion after the traffic lights were first installed had stopped since the initial changes.
“That is not to say the problems have stopped. I am fully aware those traffic lights are not working to the best of their abilities.”
Councillor Kelly, who is assistant cabinet member for environment and regeneration, which includes highways and maintenance, said: “The most important point is to reassure people traffic is still a priority for us.
“We are going to implement as soon as we can the Urban Traffic Management and Control system.
“There are times when we are going to win battles and lose battles.”
A Telford & Wrekin Council spokeswoman said: “The Urban Traffic Management and Control system involves any junction controlled by signals.
“It will be paid for out of the council’s capital programme and will cost around £250,000. It will help the council to fulfil its requirement to provide efficient highways under the Traffic Management Act 2004.”
