Traffic reduction on the Hertford Bengeo Rat Run
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"Get it sorted so that the people who actually live there can reverse out of their drives in the morning without waiting for half an hour!"
"We are surprised that a fatal accident has not yet happened with cars cutting corners and with the increase of cyclists. Although it would be inconvenient we favour a no through road."
"the parking situation along Wellington St. is also a problem since traffic wardens were re-instated and requires review asap"
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"Having thought about for years I cannot think of a better solution than making Byde Street very very very slow to get through."
"Either enforce the 'Access Only', or make the loop through Nelson Road and Port Vale 1-way, and ensure that the roads are capable of taking the level of traffic."
"I'm sick of having to leave earlier and earlier for work to try and miss the snarl ups and sick of having to take 15 mins to get up the road to my house, driving home after a long day at work"
"Would one way systems help? And maybe ease parking problems. Any inconvenience to residents would probably be worth it."
"about time it's getting silly down portvale"
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"As this route is already supposed to be access only, any physical restriction is only to enforce a rule that is being ignored. The decision to make the route access only has been made so enforce it."
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"As a visitor to friends who live in Nelson Street I know that the constant flow of traffic so close to their front window is extremely annoying. Living on a main road in central London, I am much less troubled by the traffic as the built environment is mo"
"something needs to be done to make our roads safer"
"In an official capacity I have been working with the officers at Herts. Highways to raise the profile of the problem of the Bengeo Rat Run, so that it becomes a priority in their forward plan. Solutions need to be found and already there is an opening for"
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"the safety of our children and pedestrians generally must be the main priority for the council. A number of solutions must be found including 1) banning the taxi rank at the station using this route as a race track 2) Banning access from bengeo street and"
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"I'm a visitor to Nelson Street, but the street is obviously totally unsuited to through traffic as it's so narrow and the junction with Wellington Street is a bottleneck"
"It is unacceptable that that the local authoruty of Hertford allowed for over 20 years the streets of Bengeo to be used constantly as a shortcut to Hertford North station or for access to A10 and A414 by people who don't even live in this town. We want ou"
"In full support and watching very closely what action the Councillors are taking - my vote is one of many. Good luck difficult to make meetings so please keep web-page current."
"Something needs to be done, with all the cars parked on the road and the traffic tearing up and down the roads - Wellington St, Nelson St, Byde Street etc - My mummy can't get my push chair along safetly and I fee unsafe!"