UPDATE: Safe crossing relies on one-way route (From Northwich Guardian)

UPDATE: Safe crossing relies on one-way route

4:12pm Tuesday 31st January 2012 in News By Gina Bebbington

PLANS for a one-way system are not the only option for residents desperate for a safe crossing near their homes.

Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWAC) has issued more information about proposals for a pedestrian crossing at the junction of Station Road, Manchester Road, Middlewich Road and Victoria Road.

Alterations are needed at Albert Place to allow for the crossing facilities and this could be either a one-way system or signal control of Albert Place with a parking ban on the Tesco side of the road to keep it clear and make the junction safer.

A letter to residents from Mark Jones, a CWAC highways engineer, explains that the one-way system, from the crossroads to the cut through from Greenall Road to Victoria Road, is the council’s preferred option.

He said: “The junction will work better with traffic approaching from four arms instead of five, but we realise residents will be affected.

“We have carried out two 12-hour surveys at the junction in the past two years and have established that approximately 50 vehicles during a 12-hour period enter the junction from Albert Place.

“This is a relatively low number for this period.”

Residents are invited to comment or object to their proposals.

The pedestrian crossing will be put in by the end of March, either with the preferred option of a one-way system or by installing a traffic signal on Albert Place.