Council goes round in circles over junction

A COUNCIL is considering spending £160,000 on replacing traffic lights with a roundabout – less than two years after the previous roundabout was removed.

By The Newsroom

Published 12th Sep 2013, 01:01 BST

A spokesman for Derbyshire County Council said yesterday that the authority had “agreed to look again” at the junction of Hasland Road and Mansfield Road, following a “serious accident” in March.

More than 250 people attended a consultation to have their say on the road layout, which was introduced in December 2011.

Traffic lights were originally installed to replace a mini-roundabout and zebra crossing following a number of accidents.

But, now, an “overwhelming” response from a public consultation has found that people want the mini roundabout back.

Coun Joan Dixon said: “We can’t just put things back exactly as they were before – the old system caused safety concerns.

“But we’ll draw-up a fresh set of proposals to include a mini- roundabout, alongside other measures.”