We are aware of recent issues with traffic congestion on the inbound side of Tavistock Road, where works are taking place for the Woolwell to the George scheme (which will provide long-term benefits for the city).
We absolutely understand the frustration and pressure this causes for people travelling through the area and would like to apologise for this.
We had experienced some issues before Christmas at the Belliver (Plessey) roundabout, which were causing traffic to build up along Tamerton Road but we were able to alleviate this with changes to the length of road available to merge in.
However, since the traffic management changes made a few weeks ago, traffic has been building up there again, as well as on Belliver Roundabout and along the inbound side of Tavistock Road. We have had our teams on site today to assess the situation for ourselves to see how we can improve the flow of traffic on this stretch of the road.
We have been monitoring these new issues and we now believe the main cause of the queuing is the high demand and ‘call’ timing at the pedestrian crossing at Woolwell Roundabout.
Signal engineers are on site today and have adjusted the signal timings of the crossing, in the hope this will help to improve traffic flow. They will continue to monitor the situation in the coming days and weeks and will make further adjustments if we need to.
In the meantime we would like to thank drivers for their patience while these works are under way.
Councillor Tudor Evans
Leader of the Council