Bristol residents met with council officers to hear the latest on how a "traffic nightmare" in the area is being dealt with.

More than 20 people gathered at St Luke's Church Hall in Church Hill, Brislington, last night to discuss the problems at the junction of Bath Road, West Town Lane and Callington Road.

Traffic lights were installed at the junction with a roundabout in October 2007 so roads could cope with the extra traffic around the Lidl supermarket, which opened in late 2006.

Residents who attended the meeting said they felt the roundabout had made traffic problems worse, and have met with council workers before to tell them so.

Last night's meeting was attended by the council's Adam Crowther, a traffic signals manager, David Sarson, an assistant engineer at the council, local beat manager acting sergeant Gareth Ayers and Brislington West Lib Dem councillors Peter Main and Jackie Norman.

Mr Crowther told the meeting that the council had looked into concerns and suggestions made by residents at a meeting held in February to discuss the traffic problem.

Some changes were being considered – such as reducing the maximum waiting time for parked cars outside the West Town Lane shops.

He explained that, although the roundabout was causing problems, the root cause was congestion on the A4 Bath Road.

Mr Crowther said: "The main improvements that will affect this area will be the work at the Park and Ride exit and at the Sandy Park Road junction.

"I know you think that the lights being put in caused traffic congestion, but the problem really emanates from these two areas."

He told the meeting that there are plans as part of the Greater Bristol Bus Network proposals (GBBM) to change road markings at Sandy Park Road and widen Bath Road near the Park and Ride entrance to two lanes.

Some residents remained unconvinced.

Ray Davis, 68, a retired central heating fitter, lives on the corner of Callington Road and Runnymead Avenue.

He said: "I can't sit in my garden for the smell of burning clutches, which smell like cabbages. The roads are blocked continually."

Several issues were raised about road safety, narrow roads in the area, cycle lanes, the size of the roundabout, and the use of yellow boxes in the area.

Tony Burt, 63, a retired property lawyer living in Callington Road, questioned the use of the Park and Ride exit onto Bath Road, suggesting cars exit onto Hungerford Road.

But Mr Crowther said that this could cause severe delays for Park and Ride users trying to get out, which could deter them from using the service and put even more cars on the road.

Mr Burt said: "You are pandering to the Park and Ride users – not the ordinary commuters."

Mr Crowther and Mr Sarson promised to take the issues back to their offices to see what could be done.

The junction of Callington Road and West Town Lane is one of the junctions readers have told the Evening Post where traffic lights should be switched off or altered. For the latest in our traffic light campaign, see pages 8 and 9 in today's paper.