Owen Temple

It’s a quiet Sunday morning in Consett and as you can see, not much traffic at the Medomsley Road/Station Roads lights. The lights have turned to amber and we know what to expect next.

 As most residents of Consett know (and bank on), if the pedestrian lights have been operated by pressing the button, after the red light in this direction, the green man follows to allow pedestrians across.

But not today.   

Today the WAIT sign is permanently lit, and the lights never allow the pedestrians across. This is pretty dangerous because many people who know the sequence actually set off (including diagonally) before the pedestrian light turns green. They could therefore be at risk. It also means that everyone on foot is forced to dash across or find themselves stranded on the wrong side of the road.

I have asked the Highways Action line for rapid action.