Dear Sir,
Does anyone at the Planning office for roadworks actually live in the areas that they authorise the works to take place? Aycliffe Business Park is now completely ringed by traffic lights and closed roads.
They have closed Preston Road and Whinbank Road with very poor signage resulting in cars and lorries doing u-turns. There are single way traffic lights on Durham Way North and St Andrew’s Way (Not working again today!) That’s without mentioning the absolute comical mess being made at St Andrew’s Way (Hadrian built his wall quicker than that lot).
Great to see Stillers expanding in Aycliffe but how about making the roads big enough for them? Someone authorised the massive extension to their operation without any thought to access and when their current vehicles are already too large to negotiate the two junctions without taking up both sides of the road.
In fact Whinbank Road junction with Horndale is so busy at rush hours that the Stillers’ lorries are turning left and taking shortcuts via School Aycliffe Lane thereby churning up the road surface in the village.
Some common sense would be appreciated in the Council’s approach to this grand mess which is laughable.
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