Cleveland Bridge closure imminent
Cleveland Bridge closes for 3 months from midnight tonight for vehicles. For local residents getting south is circuitous and likely to be very slow unless you can start in time to beat the Waitrose busgate which is operational during the shopping day from 10am to 6pm.
More detail is here.
London Road is likely to get very snarled up, so Camden Road is likely to get busier, even though the Council’s modelling suggests not – we’ll have to wait and see. As mitigation there is signage all along the London Road stating that all the side roads are “No through traffic – local access access only”.
We most recently covered this story a couple of weeks ago here. It’ll be particularly acute next week as there are waterworks on the road too!
We’re looking for anyone who could help the committee count vehicles at a set time each day for 10 minutes. We can build a case for more emergency measures if our streets get intolerably congested. Please simply reply to this post if you can consider assisting and we’ll be in touch.
Hi Jeremy, I can help! Just let me know where and when. Cheers Nancy
Thanks, Nancy. I’ll be back to you shortly when I see what the committee has to say and can do tomorrow. J
Happy to help count vehicles on our road
Thanks, Janet will pop round in a day or so.
Happy to help but presume the number plate recognition cameras have that data (and from before the bridge closure)?
Thanks, Rachel. Yes, you’d think thre ANPR data would be brilliant for this and I think it is. Apparently the Council does not have free access to the data – it may lie with the provider. Sounds very perverse, but have not followed up this hearsay.
Google is showing that a route through Camden to the south of the city is quicker than the Paragon which is already very slow with traffic.
Camden Road is to the north but your point remains true, having just checked on google maps. Coming from the A46, the recommended route is along the Larkhall-Camden cut-through, and failing that to turn right onto St Saviour’s Road from the London Road and up Claremont Road. The recommended route along the London Road is not even being suggested because it takes five minutes longer.
The council may need to re-think its modelling as a lot of people use Google Maps.
Totally agree – Waze too.
Thanks, Janet, Nancy and Rachel and Louise,
I’ve invited you to contribute to a googlesheet by email. Just nominate which slots you’ll do counting and then enter your results afterwards.
Hi, can you resend please? I haven’t received anything. Thanks!
I’m up for counting!
Thanks, Dave. Will give you access to the ‘system’, to book a slot and post your results.
I’ve done two 10 minute audits today at 08:10 and 17:30 – basically nearly 100 vehicles passed in that time. That’s therefore nearly 600 per hour. Looking at the evening peak then its roughly 300 per hour leaving town. Back in 2019 we were getting 207: up by 45%