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LowestofttrafficAdaption
Personalviewofmakingitbetter
Starting from Bloodmoor roundabout
StartingfromBloodmoorroundabout

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Bloodmoor
roundabout
Bloodmoorroundabout

TheBloodmoorroundaboutisveryconfusingtovisitors.Therearelotsof
nearmisseswhenmotoristsdon'tgetintotherightlane.

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Bloodmoorroundabout

WhencomingdowntotheroundaboutontheA117/A12thereisNOclear
i di ti
indicationofthewhichlanestouse.Theyellowareasaresliproadsthathave
f th hi h l
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enoughspacetoputintoalleviatethequeues.Thefirstonel/handsidegoesinto
theBloodmoorHillestate.MarkedasNo1.Thisisusedasaratruntogetontothe
CarltonColvillebypassviaRibblesdaleandontoBloodmoorhillestate.
yp
Asliproadwouldherewouldalleviatethetrafficbuildupandmorevisiblemeans
ofidentifyingwhichlaneshouldyoubein.Thiswouldgive3lanesaleft,straight
overandrighthandlane.
No2 isfromtheCarltonColvillebypass(A1145).Thislinkedtotheoldroadthatis
ontheoldlayby.Thiswouldalleviatethequeueforpeopletryingtogetintoboth
theWhittonestateandCarltonColvilleestateanothercontroversialLongroad
access slip road is covered in page No6
accesssliproadiscoveredinpageNo6.
No3 isasliproadfrombetweenElmtreeroundaboutandBloodmoor.Creatinga
sliproadherewouldcutdownthetrafficawaitingtojointhebypassintotownand
thosewhowishtogetacrosstheBloodmoorroundaboutcuttingqueuesdown
quickly.
No4 Thisissimplyreroutingthepathtoaccommodatingthesliproad.

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MorepicturesonBloodmoorroundabout

ThispictureaboveisfromA1117/
A12toRibblesdale
A12 to Ribblesdale

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Thispictureaboveisthesliproadfrom
thebypasstoinbetweenBloodmoor
andElmtreeroundabouts

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MoreBloodmoorroundaboutpicturesfromdifferentangle
Thispicturebelowisthesliproads
Thi
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N 2 d N 3 fromandtothebypassin
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betweenBloodmoorandElmtreeroundabouts.No4 isthecrosshatched
alternativerouteforthefootpath.2 and3 shouldnotneedlights.

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ControversialLongroadaccesssliproadroute

Thissliproadiscontroversialasthecouncilcuttheroadoffinthefirstplaceand
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residentsmaywantittostaythewayitis.Thiscouldbeputbackaseither2way
orasinglewayintolongroadonly.Thiscutsoutthenewsystemcompletely
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gainingeasyaccessathometimes.Lightsmightbeneeded.
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ControversialLongroadaccesssliproadroute2way.
Thisisa2wayversionofpage6.thiscutsouttravellingtotheBloodmoor
roundabout.Lightsmaybeneededontobypass.

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SouthLowestoftreliefroadatjunctionofCarltonroadandlong
road
d
No1isfromCarltonrdontobypass.No2isfromlongrdtobypassandNo2aisoutofpicture
andNo3isfromthebypassontoCarltonrd.Lightson1 and3 mightnotbeneeded.

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Carltonrdontobypass
Thisiswillalleviatethequeuesthatbuildupatthisjunction.Itssofrustratingwaiting
This
is will alleviate the queues that build up at this junction Its so frustrating waiting
asthequeuemainlywantstoturnleftintothebypassatrushtimes.Lights
shouldn'tbeneededbutpathwillhavetobealtered.

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Carltonrdontobypass

ThisisNo2 onpage8.AtNo2 thiswillmake3lanesandsothereshouldbeinstead

ofwaitingtogetonbypassthencarinfrontgoesstraightover.Thiswouldgiveleft,
straightandrightandwouldhelptrafficfromKirkleyrun.No2aispedestrians
redirected over a footbridge taking them away from the cars
redirectedoverafootbridgetakingthemawayfromthecars.

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BypassontoCarltonroad
ThiswillbeanewlefthandturnintoCarltonroad.Lightswouldntbeneededatthispoint.

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NextisDurbanrd/Notleyrdnexttobypass.
Thisthepartoftheestatethatwasn'tincorporatedintothemainplanofthings.
Everyonehastogoaroundtheestatetogetontothebypass?.Wouldthisbeeasier
ratherthanpeoplequeuingatonlytworoadscreatinghavoc.Couldthisbeanother
roundabout.
roundabout

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Asda1st roundabout
Thisisthe1st roundaboutthebypassisinthebottomr/handcornerandWaveneydrive
isinthebottomleftHornhillisstraightahead.Asliproadwouldbenefitthepeople
whodon'twantAsdabutarestuckinthequeueforshoppers.Thiswouldntbeahard
fix.Thiswouldbeaonewayonly.

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Bridge2
WHYdoweneed2setsoflightsinsuchashortspaceafterthebridge?Takingthefirstset
outwillallowtraffictocirculateasbeforemakingthepedestriancrossingtheonlything
stoppingnorthboundtrafficuntilKatwijkway.Northofthebridgemustithavebeen
redesigned.Aswingbridgefromthenorthredundantdockareathatwouldwork.Well
whatisthesolutionandwillthepopulationbeconsulted.ThisviewisfromSouthtoNorth.

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Animageofa2nd bridge
Thisisroughlywhatisneededhereorfurtherdonestream.Butifit
This
is roughly what is needed here or further done stream But if itssdownstream
down stream
thenwherewilltheroadinfrastructurebe?.Thismayleadtomoreconesanddelays.

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Thesecondbridge
This my version of a swing bridge.
bridge It pivots from orange dots
dots. Hydraulics or water
Power can lift it about 2 and two motors pull and push to make it work.
One 2 - 3 carriage lane going north only. 2 alternative routes off the bridge.

Closed

Orange dots are pivot points

Road to new bridge

North bound

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Thesecondbridge
This is the bridge in an open position.

Road to new bridge

North bound

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Thesecondbridgeschematics
This is a simple schematic on how it
Works.
Simple push me pull me system and an
Hydraulic system to lift it about 2

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Stationsquareremade
On the end of Station square. Take out the first set of lights as this only delays
traffic to a crawl. Decreasing the size of wasted space.

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Stationsquareupper
This upper view of station square shows a relocation of phone boxes. This
slims down of shop fronts .To give another lane and Suffolk rd relieves traffic
congestion from Bevan street. Giving two lanes from bridge and to the bridge.

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