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  • "I live in Bewdley and work in Worcester, so am obviously quite used to the traffic through Stourport (not happy, used to!) - on a particularly bad day I can start queueing at Sandy Lane. Can somebody explain to me how the new bridge is going to help? The same amount of traffic is going to end up on the top bit of Mitton Street after the new lights, and if Tesco ever opens there will presumably be more traffic. Oh, and of course, if we have pedestrians crossing further joy! I can see that my only alternative will be to bypass Stourport altogether (meaning I don't stop for any shops as I do at the moment) and either come home via Kidderminster or the back way."
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Stourport traffic 'gridlocked' after traffic lights switch-on

5:00pm Tuesday 1st May 2012 in S-T Photograph of the Author By William Tomaney

WORKERS in Stourport have described traffic as “horrendous” after a new set of traffic lights was switched on.

The lights on Mitton Street, just before the Severn Road junction, are part of highway works ahead of the new Tesco superstore being built. They were turned on for the first time at about 1pm today.

Dawn Griffiths, who works at David J Price and Associates on Mitton Street, said the traffic had been congested since then.

She said: “Drivers have become impatient and there are a lot of horns beeping.

“It has been a really noticeable difference already and this is even before the traffic jams at 5pm and before Tesco has even opened.

“I dread to think about what this is going to be like when it does open, it is very worrying as it is horrendous already.”

Traffic is reported to have tailed back as far as Cook’s Garden Centre on Worcester Road and back up to Wilden Lane at times during the afternoon.

If you are in the area and have noticed a difference leave a comment below, tweet us @ksshuttle or email william.tomaney@kidderminstershuttle.co.uk

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