Coral Reef rdbt (Bracknell) to be replaced by traffic lights

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http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/brackn...
http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/coralreefjuncti...

Councillor Chris Turrell said:

The Coral Reef junction will only be able to cope with the increased traffic flows in future if we make these changes. The scheme will reduce congestion and improve travel through the borough in the years to come.

What utter tosh - everyone knows that increased traffic levels plus traffic lights = increased congestion. The only correct answer would be to build an underpass for A322 through-traffic to avoid interacting with local traffic. This opportunity was also missed at M4 jc11 - and now it again attracts jams as bad as before it was built.

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MX-5 Lazza said:

I have to drive through Tadley every day. The big "roundabout" there by the Shell station used to be no bother at all, there was never any traffic hold-ups there in any direction. A couple of years ago they put 3 sets of traffic lights on it. Now I always get caught by at least 1, sometimes 2, occasionally even 3 sets of lights getting around there. There are sometimes big tail-backs waiting at the lights and that is having knock-on effects on other areas that never had a problem before. I'm sure it won't be long before they put in more traffic lights down the roads leading to the roundabout to control traffic approaching it. All they need to do to get traffic flowing again is to rip the bloody things out and let the traffic sort itself out!

I live very close to that junction - the lights there aren't the problem. Jams there are caused by the stupid lights outside of Sainsburys.