New Stourport store link road to be 30mph

10:00am Sunday 23rd September 2012 in Local Photograph of the Author By William Tomaney

A NEW road link built as part of the development of a superstore in Stourport should fall into line with the area’s 30mph speed limit, according to town councillors.

Stourport Town Council was responding to a consultation from Worcestershire County Council on the speed limit for the road, which will be unlit, and bridge built as part of the new Tesco store development due to open next year.

The link, between Severn Road and Discovery Way, has a proposed speed limit of 30mph but is yet to pass the criteria for adoption by the county council. This is expected in the autumn after new traffic lights on Severn Road have been tested and “any adjustments made”

Jon Fraser, county council customer and community manager, said: “The new road and bridge constructed as part of the Tesco’s development had been identified for a 30mph speed limit from the outset. Consultation on this speed limit has already started.

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Comments(5)

mark.lawley says...
3:17pm Sun 23 Sep 12

don't really understand the point of consultation decision is 30mph- or is wcc suggesting 20mph or 40mph?

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John Herbert Smith says...
10:50pm Sun 23 Sep 12

Phase 1 of the Stourport bypass! :-)

Let's hope this eases congestion at the roundabout at 5pm.

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neilhar says...
7:08pm Mon 24 Sep 12

Not a chance John. Those using the new road, which I expect will backup to discovery way often, will 'cause' the lights at the end of Severn Road to go green. Thus stopping ALL traffic from Hartlebury, Worcester rd and Kidderminster all in one go.

It is not going to help and is not phase 1 of the never to happen relief road. The test days will show this. And when the extra thousands of cars a day going to Tesco start? my oh my, it's gonna be chaos.

By the way, I am not against The new Tesco store and welcome the bridge. The traffic plan is a sham and real traffic flows have never been gauged.

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Jane Gordon says...
9:20am Tue 25 Sep 12

The new road is just to bring lorries/shoppersj into tesco and to create an enterance for the new housing estate also planned for the Severn Road site. Understand that road plans were drawn up using google earth or some computer form of mapping. I suspect the people responsible for road planning have never done a site visit to actually see the lay out of the road. Local knowledge will not have been sort.
Gilgal is not wide enough for the 2 lane traffic and I believe there have been several accident recently. The road is much narrower now that the foot path has been widened.

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Jane Gordon says...
9:23am Tue 25 Sep 12

Understand the drainage on the new road is not good and that the road floods onto nearby properties. Don;t expect those people have welcomed the new road or will appreciate the lorries arriving in the night.

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