Don't demolish Belgrave flyover
While I hope that no-one suffered more than whiplash injuries in both incidents on and around the Burleys Way flyover and Belgrave Gate roundabout last Wednesday morning, I do hope the mayor, Lord Sainsbury and any of the Sainsbury development and planning team were caught up in the ensuing traffic chaos.
This is what happens when one lane of a flyover is closed. So how will it be when the Belgrave flyover is demolished?
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incident: The crash that closed a lane on Burleys Way flyover
All right, it may not be a major inner ring road, but it does carry traffic into and out of the city, while the inside lane puts traffic towards Humberstone Road (A47) and Abbey Lane (A563).
Traffic is heavily congested at present and with its removal it will be diabolical.
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Surely the recent events must have made someone think "let's see what happens before it is demolished, let's shut it down for a two to four-week trial period". Then when we realise it will not work, open it up again.
Ian G Lambert, Anstey Heights.
With the recent crash on Burleys Way flyover and it being closed, which resulted in traffic chaos around the city, perhaps those who want to demolish Belgrave Road flyover will wake up and take note of what will happen if they get their way.
This, too, will create in that area a large traffic jam day after day.
Still, we can admire the nice roundabout while we wait.
Cliff Burdett, Leicester.
2 Comments
by spalding1944
Thursday, March 07 2013, 3:01PM
“I doubt if Pete ever goes down Belgrave Road so traffic conjestion every day will not make any differance to him,just to hundreds of others”
by zygote3
Thursday, March 07 2013, 10:17AM
“Given that we have a pilot scheme with one lane closed near the council building, to see what the effects are, before permanently closing this lane - there doesn't seem any argument not to do the same for the Belgrave flyover.
It wont cost very much to do, and it will prove pretty conclusively one way or another how much of a good idea demolishing it would be. In fact, the only argument I can think of not to do it is the disruption to traffic...”