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Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

whats going on down there does anyone know there is police,ambulance road cloased ,smeonesaid some one was lying in the road.i hope to god that someone hasnt been knocked down as with steve winters being hurt in that area in march there will be a up roar over that road.worse still as its half term its a kiddie some one just imforemed me when they walked past they saw a girl of about ten.is thats true hope to god she is ok

Peter Dolman · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:52 pm Post subject:

I hope that she is ok but its not good news. since the new houses and the traffic calming in Curzon street the amount of traffic in Lickhill Road/North street has grown considerably.

despite there being money for traffic calming in Lickhill road no council has done anything to slowing or restricting the amount of traffic.

I truely hope that no one is seriously hurt, but this is a good reason for everyone to start shouting for something to be introduced!
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Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

for once peter i totaly agree with you that road has become more dangerous and more busy .
also the speed of the cars dosnt help either.nor does the width of some of the pavements.

i dont thing you could restrict the amount of traffic on that road and they would have to carefull if they do anything on there what would make the traffic in calne snarl worse.however there are some dangeorus points on that road which includ..

By the dpctors,the exit from the doctors is dodgy as it comes out just before the slight bend to the right of the doctors.and you can not see the full lenth

going up the roads towards lickhill on the left the pavement narrows to the extend that it will not take the woidth of a push chair.

the dixon way exit, with dixson way conjested wit cars normally right up the juction its hard for people who has to turn in to dixson way more often than not start turning in then having to break suddenly due to a car coming along dixson way .

north end cars can not turn out that juntion saftley because of the cars parked on the road they can not see.

on the right of that stretch there is no pavement to walk the whole road totaly to be totally safe you have to cross the road about 3 times

braemorroad,jennyroad junction,crazy parking and the accidents speak for there self there.

Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

it would be a good reason for people to shout about that road.though why is it people have to get seriously hurt before anything is done.most can bee avoided by using a certain thing called common sence.

Peter Dolman · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:10 am Post subject:

LL this is another subject we can agree on.
there are problems up the length of North Street/Lickhill Road ie footpaths, parking, drains, communication cables and the width of the road in some places.
There is also the issue of outstanding planning permission which will result in additional traffic. The highways department did not object to the application, another one they got wrong!

Personal I thing that traffic will have to be restricted somehow. There also has to be a review of how that would affect the surrounding road ie Newcroft/Ridgemead, Bryans Close Road etc.

Also not sure if everyone is aware that Lickhill Road was widen by taking a strip of front gardens due to the volume of traffic then.

Now we are considering narrowing the road, funny how things change!
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Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

either ramps or inlets like they have in london road in chippenham .The only down side to that is people may use the inner streets to avoid it cuasing problems for them.something does need to be done but what?without affecting the inner streets.

win2212 · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:23 pm Post subject:

problem with ramps and give way systems like in Chippenham, is that they will all slow the traffic to the point of making a congestion issue - think what it would be like with the rush hour + school run together. Traffic fumes would increase in the local zone, fuel consumption up as well.

We need to make the road safer, which means adjusting parking patterns - stop people from parking at the junction with Dixon Way, and in that set back area near the turning of North End. On the Jenny pub, the hedge to the r/hand side on exit from this road is overgrown reducing visibility for those drivers leaving that road. Also double yellow line the section of road on the other side (North Way junction).

These actions alone (a lot less expensive too) would solve most of the problems.

Calne18 · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:43 pm Post subject:

i think give way things would just add to the problems for the town centre's traffic.

Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

Yes it will which is why i said there has to be a way to calm the traffic there with out affecting the centre and not pushing it further in to the street.
mine would be to widen the road again we never had any of those problems before that.

Peter Dolman · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:27 am Post subject:

the only way to widen north street and lickhill road would be to compulsary purchase properties which will be expensive. I will say it again the road has already been widen.
My preferences is to restrict the amount of traffic as was promised by the highways department during the planning enquiry into the byepass.
the current problems had been identified during planning and that promise persuaded some people to withdraw objections to the new road.
if it is made easier to use lickhill then rather than have less traffic there will be ever higher numbers, thats not what we want!

lickhill/north street was neverbuilt to accomodate the number of traffic flows and some of the HGV'S are to heavy for the road(s) and are damaging the utilities below.

what righrts do those living in lickhill road have to park their cars outside their homes.

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