Worcestershire road closed over safety fears

1:49pm Friday 21st September 2012 in News By Sarah Taylor

Road closed over safety fears Road closed over safety fears

PART of one of Worcester’s busiest traffic islands has been closed after questions were raised over its safety.


The Whittington roundabout, which has recently undergone a £1.3million revamp, has come under fire after drivers claimed it left them gambling with their life.
 

Worcestershire County Council closed the slip road leading onto the A4440 earlier today after monitoring by its officers revealed safety issues.

 

Changes to road including better signage and a change to the layout will be completed over the weekend and the road will be re-opened on Monday.

 

Earlier this month your Worcester News spoke to city resident Lisa Ventura, whose car was hit from behind whilst she was stopped at the newly installed junction while waiting to merge with traffic.
 

She said the new layout is a disaster waiting to happen and warned someone would soon be killed.
 

See tomorrow’s Worcester News for the full story.

Comments(7)

LisaVentura says...
3:44pm Fri 21 Sep 12

So Highways have finally realised the score
I was beginning to worry that I was turning into a bore
Over the issue of Whittington Roundabout and its safety
There have been too many near misses up there lately

I was hit from behind by a driver who couldn’t stop
He said he couldn’t figure out the new layout, it was a fair cop
I went back to the roundabout and what did I see
Another two near misses, glory be!

At a council meeting tempers flared
When the issue was debated , were the councillors scared?
Of what might happen if something wasn’t done?
About an array of flowers being displayed if a life was gone?

Today I heard that they have seen sense
The slip road is closed while works commence
To improve it up there by early next week
To say there was no problem was quite frankly a cheek!

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brooksider says...
4:14pm Fri 21 Sep 12

Peter Blake, Simon Geraghty and Andy Roberts, can we have your apologies please.

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uptonX says...
4:17pm Fri 21 Sep 12

Don't hold your breath, just driven past and no sign of any serious work there, just a new post and some white paint, they are moving the "give way" line back about a metre. Obviously they don't understand the real issue about road layout and angles.
Also although working nowhere near it they closed one of the two lanes from the motorway so traffic was queued on the exit sliproad at J7 north.
Once again, shocking levels of incompetence.

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Hillbilly1 says...
9:29pm Fri 21 Sep 12

So now you have a Give Way line further back and even LESS visibility! So you're still at a terrible angle to the oncoming traffic, which you now can't see!

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pronstar says...
9:34pm Sat 22 Sep 12

I drove from St Johns to Whittington this lunchtime and the traffic coming from the motorway, down to the Ketch roundabout and over the new bridge was like nothing I've ever seen before, and yet there was no apparent reason for it. The Whittington roundabout was open and clear and the M5 was flowing freely.

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LisaVentura says...
4:15pm Sun 23 Sep 12

Pronstar, I think that might have been because of gas roadworks by Powick, it caused havoc last week and I have a feeling that the works were continuing this weekend. I could be wrong but I think that was the cause....

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malvern girl says...
10:33pm Sun 23 Sep 12

Pronstar - it was the dreaded Powick roadworks again. 45mins on Saturday afternoon from Whittington to a green light. Hope for commuters that they've finished it now :-/

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