Councillor Bob Maddox made this video showing the route which traffic will be required to take in order to comply with the proposed ‘no right turn’ at the Lower Street/Henwood Road/A41 junction in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton. It shows the proposed route through the Lothians Road and Stockwell Road sections.
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00:00 Hi, it's just about 9.30 on the 4th of January. Now, as many of you are aware, the Councillors
00:15 from Technal Regis and Technal Whittock have negotiated an extension to the consultation
00:21 period regarding changes to the right turn at Lower Street, Henwood Road. This will affect
00:29 people on a much, much wider area than simply the residents around here, although they will
00:35 take the brunt of the traffic increase. So, I'm now on Codsall Road, and if you are coming
00:42 from Codsall, Billbrook, Pendyford, Aldersley, Claregate, etc., and you wish to turn right
00:52 onto the A41, once these proposals are in operation, this is what you'll have to do.
00:59 We're coming up now on Codsall Road to Lothians Road. This is where you will turn if you wish
01:05 to go onto the A41. So, round into Lothians Road we go. No major problems so far, although
01:16 it is quite a densely populated residential area. But you'll see the problems begin a
01:28 little further on. Coming along here now, suddenly down she goes to a one, essentially
01:38 a country lane, a one track road. And the problems are beginning, although this will
01:45 of course be one way, which will alleviate some things. But here's a major problem, no
01:51 footpath, thank you, no footpath, and you can see the danger to residents, even though
01:58 it will be one way. Another problem is the nature of the road. Look at this blind bend
02:05 here, round we go and still no footpaths. Now, the lady there with the dog is forced
02:11 off the road, although this will be one way, that can lead to an increase in the speed
02:16 of traffic because people prior to this have been aware there could be something coming
02:21 the other way and they self-regulate, if you will, on speed. Right, we're turning right
02:28 into Stockwell Road, which is where again you'll be required to go if you want to access
02:33 the A41. Again, quite narrow, beginning to widen out now, footpaths just on the left
02:42 hand side on this one. Now ahead is Stockwell House. Now there's planning permission just
02:47 being granted here for a renovation on that which is sorely needed. However, at the back
02:54 of that now, there's planning permission as part of the renovation for three five bedroom
02:59 houses. That will increase traffic out onto Daines Court Road and through here. Now, there's
03:07 Daines Court Road, if you want to access the A41 to go to Telford, Sheffnall, Brighton
03:13 etc. that will be your route. And again, it's narrow as you can see, there are problems
03:20 there. We'll follow this round now at Stockwell Road. This will be two way traffic on this
03:27 section. Okay, we're turning right again following Stockwell Road around. And here
03:48 we go on a road which will lead us down, as many of you will know, to Telford's fabulous
03:55 children's paddling pool. Now, there's another potential problem here. The traffic that would
04:01 have turned right at Lower Street and Henwood Road is now going to be coming down here.
04:07 Now again, in the summer, this is crowded with children particularly and there's the
04:12 potential here for an accident. We're approaching the A41, a junction many of you will know.
04:19 Now as far as I'm aware, there's no plans for traffic control here. So, no traffic lights.
04:25 Make your own way. We seem to be shifting a problem from one junction to another. This
04:32 can be very, very busy as many of you will know. So, a right turn here is going to be
04:44 pretty difficult. I think we've just translated a problem from one area to another. Make your
04:49 own mind up. Okay, I'll leave it there. I'm heading back down towards the junction. Any
04:56 comments please get in touch with the council at TRO Consultations. I will put that link
05:05 on at the end of this video. Also, please feel free to contact any of your Technol Wittick
05:12 or Technol Regis councillors. For Technol Regis, that's Councillor Singh, Councillor
05:17 Khan, Councillor Maddox. And again, the contact details will be on the end of this. And for
05:27 Technol Wittick, it's Councillor Thompson, Councillor Crofts and Councillor Turrell.
05:35 Thanks for watching and I hope this has helped clear a few questions in people's mind. Bye
05:40 now.
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