Group: uk.transport.london · Group Profile
Author: Colin McKenzieColin McKenzie Date: Sep 16, 2008 02:01
John Rowland wrote:
> I've heard that TfL control all of the traffic lights in London... would
> that include the one in Beechcroft Rd SW17?
In the sense that they'll have installed them and programmed them. The
borough will have decided what to install where.
> The road is wide enough for two lanes of traffic, but it has been
> deliberately narrowed by barriers to one lane, and rather than give one
> direction priority (as they usually do when they deliberately narrow the
> road to one lane) they have installed traffic lights to alternate the flow.
Persistent speeding problem, and a couple of head-ons before the lights
went in?
> If Boris wants to retime lights to reduce congestion, he could retime this
> installation to the scrapyard.
I suggest you ask the borough what it's there for.
Colin McKenzie
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