Trowbridge traders make ‘Stop’ sign to warn drivers after crashes
Hairdresser Nigel Evans and antiques dealer Mike Lojko used a ‘Stop’ sign to warn drivers about the danger of going the wrong way down a one-way street.
Traders Nigel Evans and Mike Lojko with their ‘Stop’ sign to warn drivers in the Duke Street and Church Street area of Trowbridge. Photo: Trevor Porter 69793-2 (Image: Trevor Porter)
They have witnessed drivers trying to turn left and right out of Duke Street into Church Street into oncoming traffic on a one-way street.
They have acted because Wiltshire Council has been slow to replace a no entry sign on a lamp post that was recently demolished.
The runaway refuse lorry that crashed into the lamp post outside Nigel Evans hairdressing salon. Photo: Trevor Porter 69694-1 (Image: Trevor Porter)
Mr Evans narrowly escaped injury when aairMr Evans runaway refuse truck owned by Hills Group crashed into a lamp post outside his salon.
It crushed his bicycle, which he had tied to the lamp post, and demolished the no entry sign at the bottom of Duke Street on March 15.
He said: “We are now nearly into May and it still hasn’t been replaced. There’s an accident waiting to happen at that junction.
“On a daily basis, we are seeing motorists pulling out of Duke Street and travelling along the one-way Church Street since the No Entry sign was demolished and not replaced.
“There’s three or four cars a day coming the wrong way down Duke Street and trying to turn right and then having to reverse back because of oncoming traffic.
“Our concern is that the sign hasn’t been replaced. They could easily put up a temporary ‘No Entry’ sign on the pavement and that would help.
“It would definitely prevent cars coming the wrong way and could help to save a life.
“One day, the timing is going to go horribly wrong and there will be a collision. It’s an accident waiting to happen.”
A second lamp post was also demolished by a lorry driver on April 11 just around the corner in Church Street, which is one-way to its junction with Silver Street.
Mr Evans and Mr Lojko fear a serious accident could happen despite reporting the missing sign to Wiltshire Council after the crash occurred.
Mr Lojko added: “It’s frustrating and is dangerous. They have also made the pathway in the front of my shop wider.
“If a car is coming the other way it is going to be in trouble one day. They have obviously not got the signage right.”
Wiltshire Council has been approached for a comment.