Views from our website
Sep 15 2010 by Andrew Jackson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
TRAFFIC and transport, two subjects guaranteed to provoke debate on the Examiner website.
SteveB commented on this story: Meltham zebra crossing works delayed again “What Meltham needs is traffic lights on the junction of Huddersfield Road and Station Street. You take your life in your hands turning right towards Morrisons because it’s effectively blind as you can’t see beyond the church. Traffic hurtles around that bend towards you and you don’t have time to judge its speed, decide if it’s turning left or continuing. It’s basically unsafe.”
Markmyword49 added: “I quite agree it’s a blind bend but I’m not sure traffic lights are the answer. Station Road is both narrow and steep and there is no likelihood of it being widened or the sight lines improved. Added to that are the number of cars that turn right onto Green End Road out of Station Road plus the cars merging in from Westgate. This could well lead to a tailback of traffic past the two new mini roundabouts outside Morrisons. I’ve no answer to the problem.
“However, it would help if drivers proceeding up Station Road from the direction of Morrisons could indicate that they are turning left on Huddersfield Road. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen left turns without any indication.”
Dismayed_of_Dalton asked: “What’s wrong with the highways department? Normally they would install the railings and zebra weeks just in time for them to be dug up again for the resurfacing project. Maybe with all these redundancies someone has managed to get it altogether down in the highways dept?”
seanjohnstone posted after reading: Salendine Nook neighbours campaign for better bus service from Metro “Metro operates as a business and therefore needs to make a profit to survive. As such it needs to ensure that any buses it places on any particular routes will collect enough fares to justify their presence.
“Obviously if certain buses on certain routes operate at a loss then logic dictates that they need cancelling – either that or the fares need ramping up significantly to allow them to at least start to break even. I don’t have the full facts and I admit that I am guessing somewhat, but could it be the case that many of the passengers complaining have free or subsidised bus passes, causing Metro to make a loss on certain routes? ”
