Drivers’ frustration over traffic lights disruption in Weston village

Long delays caused by Wales & West Utilities’ temporary traffic lights in Weston High Street are causing huge frustration for drivers.

Work is ongoing on Weston High Street

The utility company is upgrading the network in the Weston area and completed work over the summer at Lansdown Lane.

Works began on the High Street on 26th August and are due to last for eight weeks.

Three weeks of work are also planned at Wellington Buildings / Trafalgar Road from 6th October.

This week, a local businessman told the Echo: “We expected some disruption from this work, but for it to take nearly half an hour to complete a five-minute journey from Newbridge to Weston High Street due to the poor traffic light system is nonsensical.

“Wales & West Utilities have not made any effort to sort the traffic lights out, and there have been multiple occasions when they have been stuck on red.

“The congestion being caused this side of the city is causing considerable issue, both to businesses, patients/visitors to the Royal United Hospital and residents.”

Traffic lights are causing delays for motorists

The Bath Echo asked Wales & West Utilities if it wished to respond to comments on the long delays.

The company’s programme controller for Bath, Simon Lee said the upgrade of the network “is essential to keep the gas flowing safely to heat and power local homes and businesses and to make sure the gas network gas is ready to transport greener gas in the future”.

He added: “We worked closely with Bath & North East Somerset Council to plan this work, and to keep the local community, road users and our colleagues safe, traffic lights are in place along High Street as our works progress down the road.

“We are working as quickly and as safely as we can, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, we expect to finish by 17th October.

“We are sorry for any inconvenience our work may cause. We know working on roads like this is not ideal, but the work really is essential to upgrade the network and to keep the gas flowing safely.”