Guided Bus
Since the opening of the Guided Bus there are horrendous delays in getting out from St Ives along Harrison Way towards the A14 in the morning. There are similar problems in the evenings going the other way. This has caused acute problems for residents of St Ives as well as those living to the north who need to cross the river on their way to and from work. Tales abound of 45 minute hold ups. These rush hour traffic problems in St Ives are the result of the Guided Bus and the pedestrians crossing Harrison Way. There is a suspicion that the traffic wizards failed to take account of motorists parking in the free Guided Bus car park then walking to town on foot and crossing Harrison Way. Members of your Lib-Dem focus team monitored the situation one morning to quantify the proportion of time that traffic was halted for pedestrians only. Given the number of buses that turned the lights, red pedestrians took up a significant proportion of the limited time that was left. Stagecoach have ordered more buses on the strength of the passenger traffic to date. This could make an already bad situation, worse particularly as there is no effective alternative river bridge within a reasonable distance. This issue requires urgent attention. Pressure has to be put on the County Council to act. So we have asked for the issue to be on the next Town Council agenda.
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