PEOPLE of South Craven have become case-hardened to frequent traffic congestion problems resulting from temporary restrictions particularly in and around the highways of the area.
Today (Thursday, July 25) is a case in point. With traffic mired in queuing mostly as a result of temporary traffic control at the junction of Station Road and Colne Road in Cross Hills in which the temporary traffic lights had failed on red with no personnel in attendance from the utility company concerned. It's always a real pinch-point. This problem is added to by another set of temporary traffic lights at Eastburn on the B6265 which appeared to be poorly sequenced causing unnecessary hold ups on the highway.
I understand that licences have to be issued to utility companies, developers and local authorities before groundworks are started but there seems to be no system to co-ordinate permissions to avoid potential clashes with other schemes and events.
Strict control of the implementation of groundworks and construction I believe, exists in other European countries.
It is the bane of many local residents lives. It gets a very high level of reaction on social media.
Patrick Hargreaves
Glusburn
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