Motorists warned of city centre chaos as traffic lights fail (From Daily Echo)
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Motorists warned of city centre chaos as traffic lights fail
7:34am Thursday 7th March 2013 in News
Motorists warned of city centre chaos as traffic lights fail
Motorists faced commuter chaos this morning when a set of traffic lights at one of the busiest city centre junctions failed.
Drivers were warned to take care as they approached the lights at junction of Civic Centre Road and Portland Terrace in Southampton.
A team of engineers from roads contract company Balfour Beatty nd the lights were repaired
Comments(5)
owen_thesaints
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9:12am Thu 7 Mar 13
Commuter bliss not chaos...
southamptongeordie
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9:23am Thu 7 Mar 13
A few years ago they were down for several days and it was a big improvement.
Tenderhearts wife
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11:11am Thu 7 Mar 13
RonnieSoak
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4:01pm Thu 7 Mar 13
derek james wrote:A couple of years ago I got a lift with a cabbie new to the city. We got chatting, and he said "What's with this town and traffic lights? They're everywhere!"
in my experience when lights fail the traffic seems to move a whole lot better which begs the question why are there so many?
I hadn't thought about it before, but he's right. Why do we have so many? And how much good do they do? Heh, and more to the point, how much do they all cost in maintenance contracts?
derek james says...
8:51am Thu 7 Mar 13