The Ward Councillors have been asked by council officers to comment on three proposals for traffic schemes in the area. These are based on reported injury accidents in the years 2012 to 2014 ;

Thanet Road outside of Lidl there were 11 recorded incidents (all injuries recorded as slight) on Thanet Road from the Gale Lane roundabout. Four related to children stepping out or running into the road in front of a vehicle. Accidents are not at one point but distributed along the road. There is a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights near the Gale Lane/Foxwood Lane roundabout, and a pedestrian refuge south of St James Place. Officers are proposing that there is consultation on a speed table and a build out to limit the road to one lane width (with priority for vehicles travelling from Gale Lane would need to give way).  In other parts of York this has created tensions which has created new problems in locations.

In response to five recorded accidents (all injuries classed as slight) with four being cyclists,  around the junction of Tudor Road and Kingsway West. It is felt that drivers are trying to get onto the roundabout immediately rather than going onto Tudor Road and stopping to give way. The proposal is to introduce a ‘bolt down traffic island with bollard’ to stop direct access to the roundabout.

On the Cornlands Road/Gale Lane junction there were five recorded accidents (one injury described as ‘serious’ and four described as ‘slight’). Four of these accidents involved cyclists being hit by a vehicle that had failed to give way which officers believe may suggest visibility being restricted  and so it is proposed to remove the guardrail either side of the Cornlands Road junction mouth to give a more unobstructed view to drivers. The road markings have been renewed as part of the resurfacing to improve the visibility of traffic entering the roundabout (which it is hoped will help cyclists).