MINI ROUNDABOUT AT FARADAY AVENUE, LONGMEAD DRIVE & BEXLEY LA

A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN THE AFFECTED AREA ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEW MINI ROUNDABOUT THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE A SHORT WHILE AGO.

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN DIFFICULT TURNING RIGHT OUT OF LONGMEAD DRIVE, BUT SINCE THE NEW ROUNDABOUT HAS BEEN THERE, NOT ONLY IS IT NOW DIFFICULT, BUT IT IS ALSO NOW DANGEROUS.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY NEAR MISSES, AS THE SPEED OF THE DRIVERS APPROACHING THE ROUNDABOUT (FROM THE HURST ROAD SIDE OF BEXLEY LANE) DO NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN THEY SEE A GAP FROM THEIR RIGHT IN FARADAY AVENUE. IF WE PULL OUT HALF WAY ACROSS BEXLEY LANE TO WAIT TO BE LET OUT TO TURN RIGHT, THE TRAFFIC IS AIMING AT YOU AS THEY FLY ROUND THE CORNER TOWARDS LONGMEAD.

IT IS NOT NECESSARILY IN THE RUSH HOUR EITHER, AS PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK THE QUIETER IT IS, THE FASTER THEY CAN GO UP BEXLEY LANE.  THIS MAKES IT EVEN MORE DANGEROUS PULLING OUT OF LONGMEAD.

THIS JUNCTION AT LONGMEAD DOES NOT HAVE AN EASY REMEDY TO MAKE IT SAFE OR INDEED EASY TO TURN RIGHT, BUT THERE MUST BE A BETTER SOLUTION THAT THE ROUNDABOUT THEY HAVE PUT IN PLACE.

THE TRAFFIC NEEDS TO BE SLOWED DOWN COMING FROM THE HURST ROAD END OF BEXLEY LANE, SO WHEN IT APPROACHES THE MINI ROUNDABOUT, IT IS ALREADY SLOW AND HOPEFULLY GIVE THE TRAFFIC QUEUEING TO GET OUR OF LONGMEAD A CHANCE TO PULL OUT.

THE ONLY SOLUTION WE CAN COME UP WITH IS A "SLEEPING POLICEMAN" JUST BEFORE THE MINI ROUNDABOUT AND BY THE CEMETERY.  THAT COULD SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN CONSIDERABLY TO RELIVE THE TAILBACK AT LONGMEAD DRIVE, AND OF COURSE THE SAFETY ISSUE IN TURNING RIGHT.

 

IF YOU FEEL YOU AGREE WITH THE ABOVE, COULD YOU PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND WE CAN THEN HOPEFULLY GET OUR JUNCTION AT LONGMEAD MADE SAFER,  AND EASIER TO TURN RIGHT !

 

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS.