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Speed sign in wrong place
Reported via desktop in the Damaged / Missing / Facing Wrong Way category anonymously at 16:10, Thursday 5 September 2024
Sent to West Northamptonshire Council 16 hours, 54 minutes later. ref: 6440485.
Burcote Wood sits just off the new road relief roundabout along the Burcote road towards Silverstone. The wood has a public footpath that comes out on the Burcote road approx 70 meters up on the right from the roundabout, unfortunately due to hedge growth and the bend in the road pedestrians cannot see what is coming from Silverstone way. When placing the new road signs approx 40 meters from the roundabout, no consideration was taken as to the public coming in and out of the woods, which are well used. There is no pedestrian footpath by the road, and the speed limit at the entrance and exit to the park is 60mph!!!!
Could the 30mph sign as traffic approaches the relief road be moved 100 meters further away from the roundabout to slow traffic down? There are also no warning signs of pedestrians in road which there should be.
This morning I was almost knocked down by a van, I was walking facing the traffic, the correct side, however, a vehicle was approaching the roundabout, the van driver, on exiting the roundabout, ignored me put his foot down and just missed my left arm. The signage is aiding and abetting drivers to speed up directly off the roundabout.
Please can something be done before there is serious accident on this blind and black spot.
Updates
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Category changed from ‘Other’ to ‘Damaged / Missing / Facing Wrong Way’
State changed to: Investigating
Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 09:04, Friday 6 September 2024
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Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 09:04, Friday 6 September 2024
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