Following a spate of accidents, local resident Brett Hopkins and the Residents Association have been liaising with with Solihull Council to secure safety improvements at the above junction.
We are pleased to inform residents that a budget has now been provisioned and a suitable scheme approved. Read More….
While this project may seem a welcome way to improve safety at this junction, I fail to see how it will work in reality. The current set up of “Stop” signs on Creynolds Lane/Vicarage Road are routinely ignored, and the speed of cars travelling along all 4 roads is often above the limits, so it’s no wonder accidents happen.
The traffic calming measures introduced to Illshaw Heath a couple of years or so ago have made little difference to driving conditions in the hamlet, so I don’t see how these measures will make any difference whatsoever. The ONLY way to prevent accidents here is a “tabletop” at the junction which will force drivers to slow down. If the intention is to reduce the speed limit to 30mph on all 4 roads, then a “tabletop” can now be considered, because the reason that that couldn’t be put in place before was because the limit was 40mph.