I have received a lot of queries about the timing of the pedestrian signalled crossing at the Holt Lane/Otley Road junction and the dangers that these are causing. I took this up with the Council’s Traffic Signals team and have received the response below:
"The traffic signals at the junction of A660 / Holt lane are to have “All red” detection added, which will detect if there are vehicles waiting to turn right into Holt Lane. If at the end of green for A660 traffic, there are vehicles waiting to turn right into Holt Lane, the time to showing a green man for pedestrians will be increased to ensure vehicles have cleared the pedestrian crossing area before showing a green man. This requires a new specification writing for the signals and a new configuration loading into the controller by the traffic signal company. Times for this type of work is around 8 – 10 weeks.
In the interim I have increased the clearance period between A660 losing green and the pedestrians being shown a green man across Holt lane."
If you notice issues at any time you can email Traffic Signals direct at [email protected] and copy me in. You will note that the reconfiguration will take 8 to 10 weeks.
