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“Councillors call for Barnton junction overhaul to ease ‘congestion crisis’ “
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Posted 6 years ago #
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Had to check the date on that article:the picture of Barton Hotel still to be transformed into pensioners apartments and the reference to 'Barnton roundabout' really threw me!
Posted 6 years ago # -
You've got to admire the ostriches in the comments:
"The junction used to flow pretty well when it was a double roundabout - heaven knows which moron in the planning department thought that it was a spiffy idea to replace roundabouts with one-direction-at-a-time traffic lights."
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"It did flow quite well as a double roundabout but it was a nightmare for the local pedestrians to cross. Possibly that might have been a factor in having lights."
I'd love it to be possible to put the roundabouts back for a day with current traffic volumes as watch as the whole of that corner of Edinburgh grind to a standstill.
I'm also not sure why they think a 6 stage pedestrian crossing, taking well over 5 minutes at times, is much better than what was there before.
Posted 6 years ago #
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