Balfour Beatty
Action Planned
• The illuminated bollards at the roundabout will be replaced with non-illuminated bollards, positioned to offer the best guidance to motorists while avoiding restricting visibility to pedestrians. • All sites where WBM 294 (elephants footprints) road markings have been installed have been identified. • A program of removal has been compiled, with the intention of removing markings at 10 sites being the priority, including Hewitt's Circus roundabout. (AI summary)
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Dear Mr Kelly, FATAL RTC - 9TH JANUARY 2013 . '" A1098 HEWITTS CIRCUS ROUNDABOUT, CLEETHORPES I refer to your letter of 30th December 2013 in relation to the above. . The concerns expressed in the Regulation 28 report are as follows ~(1 ) Street furniture, notably a central i1tuminat~~ bo11ard may obstructlinterfere- with motorists view. (2) White line indicating an Elephant crossing are non-prescribed and may induce pedestrians to believe they have priority. To these you have suggested that action should be taken to prevent future deaths by reviewing the street furniture and elephant crossing at the roundabout. I can inform you that it is intended to replace the illuminated bollards at the roundabout with non-illuminated bollards. These are not significantly smaller that the bollards currently present but in replacing them a location within the central refuge will be chosen so as to offer the best guidance to motorist whilst avoiding restricting visibility to or of a pedestrian attempting to cross the roads. With regard to the WBM 294 (elephants footprints) road markings, all sites where these have been installed have been identified; some 17 sites in total. A program of removal has been complied with the intention of removing markings at 10 sites being the priority. The Hewitt's Circus roundabout is in this "top 10" priority listing.