The enlarged pedestrian refuge over the canal bridge has run into some problems. The wider refuge,was designed to force drivers to slow down around it. Unfortunately they are not slowing down but driving into the kerb instead. There have now been four instances of kerb stones on the pavement and central refuge being knocked out of place.

While one accident may have been unfortunate, four is recognisably more serious. Today the BathNES traffic and safety team are inspecting the damage and will try to coem up with improvements. I shall update post this with ‘highlights’ of their report when I receive it.

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After the site visit, the initial proposals are thus:

•  the pedestrian refuge needs to be altered to make it smaller and stronger
• the white lines on the road should be adjusted
• visibility from uphill should be checked.