Seven problems with the new Rugby Gyratory

Public opinion about the way the new gyratory operates is split between those who consider that traffic negotiates the new layout better than it negotiated the old layout and those who do not.

However, even those who like the new layout still have considerable concerns about some of its features. The main criticisms are:

1. The lane markings are confusing since they consist of road number only and some of the numbers are identical or very similar.

2. The give way junction where Lawrence Sheriff Street joins the new gyratory is dangerous. Motorists in the left lane of the three lanes at the give way markings have to steer around the left hand bend into a right hand curve and at the same time look to the right across two other lanes of traffic to check for vehicles approaching along Warwick Street. That is very difficult, especially if there is a large vehicle in one or both of the right hand lanes obstructing vision. It becomes even more of a problem when vehicles travelling along Warwick Street change lanes as they approach the junction. I have had a near collision at that junction when a car drove out from Lawrence Sheriff Street without giving way straight in front of me. There was an accident there a few weeks ago when a red sports car ended up under a delivery van. There should either be a give way sign post on both sides of the junction or preferably the junction should become a Halt junction.

3. Drivers take no notice of the 'Keep Clear' markings outside Hamilton House and continually block access into and egress out of the property. I have even seen a police car stationary across the markings. Consideration should be given to installing box junction type criss-cross yellow lines.

4. On a number of occasions vehicles travelling from the Lawford direction across the lights at the top of Bilton Road into Warwick Street have been unable to clear the junction because of vehicles queuing back from the exit onto Lawrence Sheriff Street. As a result they remain stationary at right angles across the junction blocking the road for vehicles travelling along Bilton Road onto Corporation Street. Either the traffic lights need to be reprogrammed to prevent this happening or a box junction should be formed with criss-cross yellow lines.

5. There is no tactile paving on the footway which runs across the triangular grassed area between Russelsheim Way and Bilton Road where the vehicular access to Hamilton House crosses the footway.

6. Although the pedestrian guard railing has been reinstated between Dunchurch Road and the gate into the MethodistChurch it does not go far enough. The railing should be reinstalled all the way back to the railings at the pedestrian crossing.

7 The double yellow lines along the west side of Dunchurch Road need to be extended to reach the last of the parking bays.