Comment: Council is failing to see the light
It is planning to turn off all the lights on the ring road overnight.
Perhaps the officials have misunderstood our campaign.
We have been calling for traffic lights to be switched off, not road lights.
Many people have contacted us about the traffic lights at the ring road junctions.
They have all branded them unnecessary. They have all said they add to congestion rather than easing it.
And many have pointed out that in disrupting the flow of traffic they make these junctions more dangerous, not less.
South Gloucestershire council should have paid attention to the comments we have published both in this paper and on our website.
For they have been made by people who use this road every day.
And it should follow the lead set by Bristol City Council which, to its credit, is looking at junctions where traffic lights can be turned off for a trial period.
South Gloucestershire council is missing a golden opportunity here.
And, at the same time, running the risk of making the ring road more dangerous – switching off overhead lights will affect visibility.
If Bristol City Council and North Somerset Council are willing to give it a try why not South Gloucestershire?
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