Tettenhall road proposals are a huge concern for local residents

2 years ago

Local residents of the Tettenhall area of Wolverhampton have raised considerable concerns about new proposals for a one way system. There are numerous safety concerns that residents feel that have not been taken into consideration.

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00:00 I'm Councillor Singh, the Councillor representative for the area of Tettnal, Regis and Wolverhampton.

00:06 Today we've seen a remarkable amount of residents come out and actually display their anger

00:12 and the fact that they are not actually happy with these new road proposals that have been

00:17 put in by the Council. I think it's key to understand that we need to have the residents'

00:23 thoughts and their ideas as part of this plan for any plan that decides to go forward. The

00:30 key thing is that no consultation with the residents has taken place and we demand that

00:35 the residents are listened to in relation to all sorts of changes that are being made

00:40 within the Rock Junction. I think what is important is that the Council can stop this

00:45 today and I strongly urge them to put a pause on it, speak to the residents, understand

00:50 their concerns and then come out with further plans as to how they propose to introduce

00:56 any sort of measures within the area. But what is key and important is they listen to

01:01 the residents and they take their thoughts on board.

01:04 Hi I'm Anna Simpson and I'm a resident of Churchill Road in the west part of Wolverhampton.

01:10 I've arranged for residents to come out today really to show their frustrations and objections

01:15 to the proposals to prevent the right turn at the Rock Junction up towards Technal. The

01:23 main implications are it's just going to transfer the congestion to other parts of the city

01:30 which are already badly affected. Residents in this area are particularly concerned because

01:36 we already have a traffic congestion problem. The proposal is to make it one way which is

01:44 potentially going to increase to higher speeds of travelling traffic because nobody is going

01:49 to be anticipating oncoming traffic. At present, Lothians Road is only just wide enough to

01:57 allow for one car and concerns particularly about pedestrians, people pushing at prams

02:07 and wheelchairs, it's going to be incredibly dangerous. And that's the only route from

02:13 Technal to the city where steps aren't involved so it really is a critical access route for

02:19 pedestrians living in this area. There's also concerns over about air quality, the fact

02:24 that cars are going to be in very low gears, accelerating and there's numerous junctions

02:31 which people are going to be stopping at. Already emerging onto the A41 at the level

02:37 of the Clock and Daines Court Road is fraught with issues and we think potentially it's

02:45 going to become more unsafe. This proposal hasn't been put out to consultation even though

02:52 this area fits within the Neighbourhood Plan which has a local legal framework which means

02:59 that any changes including traffic and transport arrangements should be passed through council

03:06 wards before implementation. At the point when correspondence was sent out by the City

03:13 Council, none of the ward councillors had been made aware. Letters to local residents

03:20 have been sent out in a very patchy way. People on Henwood Road which are going to be severely

03:28 impacted have not had any correspondence. So it's deeply concerning. We have just a

03:36 month before this proposal is implemented and for most of this time council offices

03:41 will be closed due to the Christmas period which many people feel is rather circumspect.

Tettenhall road proposals are a huge concern for local residents

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