‘Longfrie junction raised table not high enough’
THE Longfrie junction’s newly-installed ‘raised table’ appears to slow traffic crossing the filter but residents are concerned the addition has done little to slow vehicles on approach.
Residents of Rue Saint-Pierre are frustrated that the raised table is not ‘raised enough’, meaning that vehicles still approach at high speeds and do not stop correctly for the filter.
Longfrie Inn assistant manager Undine Hofmarka said: ‘It is definitely a bit different since they have put the raised table in.
‘Mostly the cars are going over the filter a lot slower than they were.
‘I’ve lived here for four or five years and it used to be quite scary at night if you had to cross, you can hear the cars coming so quickly.
‘I think sometimes though people struggle to understand the junction because of the road it’s on.
‘Also you do hear quite a few cars scrape their underside when coming off the table.’
While Ms Hofmarka, who lives right on the junction, thinks that cars have definitely slowed at the junction, those who live further away are not convinced.
Rue Saint-Pierre resident Judy Nettleton said: ‘It doesn’t seem to be very much of a ramp, I mean it is hardly raised at all.
‘I really thought it would have been a lot higher, so you can see what you are approaching before you are on top of it.
‘People just seem to be able to carry on regardless and glide right over the junction as if nothing has changed.’
Another resident said all traffic calming measures have so far been unsuccessful.
‘It has made no difference to me whatsoever, the cars still come up and down here at night going 50-60 mph – way too quickly. The raised table being there doesn’t change this at all.
‘I have actually lost the front of my car as it was hit by someone travelling way too fast along the road.
‘I have always said they should have installed traffic lights – nothing else is going to work.’
