Travel

Matt, Stourbridge
It's definately been an improvement since it opened in my opinion. There are a few tweaks that could be done to make it a lot better but on the whole its a good thing for Brierley Hill. Change is needed in the area as it has become delapidated over the years. One comment I'd like to make...all those who moan about the closure of the Baths, how many of those actually used the facilities on a regular basis? Hardly any is my guess! Change is a good thing!

??????????
WHY?do drivers ignore the bus only sign...otherwise the new road could work

Site Worker
So Brierley Hill Worker? where would you like us to park our cars if we cant park them on the car park, i suppose we could park them on the high street like all the other local traders do. Brierley Hill will never be able to compete with the likes of Merry Hill so why all the fuss, if you like Brierley Hill the road is not going to stop you going there just because a new road diverts you away from it. Its pathetic how many people are moaning just because the road diverts you away from the high street, either way if you want to go there the road isnt going to stop you now is it!!!

Miss Cartwright
Helping Conjestion! what a joke!!! I live in Brockmoor and can't even get out the end of my estate for the traffic build up, there are so many sets of lights now, you have to sit in 2-4 light changes before you get across and then you hit the next set. Making the Main road upto Lloyds Gym from Brockmoor, one way was the biggest mistake, brockmoor has now become the new area for traffic pollution. Residents have now got traffic all day sitting outside there houses polluting there homes.

brierley hill worker
car parking spaces in brierley hill have been taken up by unessary landscaping and construction staff so shoppers find it diffcult to shop IN Brierley hill now what are the local councillors thinking of certainly not of such a well loved town not an out of town shopping centre in a black hole throw as much money at the centre as you like you cannot alter its position workers are being warned not to speak out against the new road its frightening what are the planners afraid of?

Chris
How typical of the backwards attitude towards change in Brierley Hill. Can anyone honestly say they feel proud of this town? Finally after many years of neglect the high street is going to get some relief from the ridiculous congestion that has strangled the town for years and all people do is moan and ignore the new layout. This road is the beginning of better things to come for Brierley hill as it will open the door for new development (A prime example is the new health and social care centre being built across from ASDA - are you all blind? and the future college to be built where the old swimming baths was). Wake up Brierley Hill, we are in the 20th Century now, get used to it.

anon
The five ways is the most dangerous place to cross in Brierley Hill it is shameful to note that none of the 27 million has been put towards rethinking that.its all for merry hill coffers and not for health and safety God help the good honest traders now money NOT well spent!

Phil
I agree with most of the other comments. If the idea of the bypass was to reduce congestion then it's been a waste of time and money. It can't be that difficult to figure out that if you have a lot of traffic wanting to get from A to B, the easiest way to do it is to keep it flowing as smoothly as possible and as fast as it is safe to do so. In common with every other so-called recent 'road improvement' scheme in the area, planners seem to have an obsession with traffic lights and 'keep clear' boxes. You only have to look at the High Street bypass, the Hickman Road junction and the approach to Stourbridge ring Road from Amblecote to realise that these have made congestion worse, not better. There's nothing worse than sitting at red traffic lights when there is no traffic crossing the junction on green in the other direction.

Simon
The new road does help traffic, but only if motorists help themselves. The BUS'S ONLY signs are totally ignored and only a minority of road users are using the new route.But our town needs more help, the High Street is still very much an eyesore. Disability drivers require spaces because it is mainly these motorists causing parking hazzards. The new route is taking trade away from Brierley Hill. A friend of mine has already moved his shop out of the town and I can see many others following.

R Pearson
three sets of lights 1 padestrian one road in three hundred yards!! no wonder people get confused plus the lane grouping is all back-to-fromt and drivers are confused what lane to be in i have witnessed 5 near misses since it opened some re-organising needs to be done for it to work properly

Peter Amué
The area behind Asda is not safe. Somebody will get killed one day coming down the steps from Asda car park onto the bypass. There are no fences to stop somebody running down the steps and onto the road.The traffic lights are in the wrong place.

Anita Holt, Brierley Hill
What a waste of time, and money, this has not been properly thought out, keeping Brierley Hill moving what a joke, more traffic lights than ever, going through Brockmoor is a joke whereas the only time there was traffic on Hickman Road was during rush hour now there are tailbacks all the time because there is no filter on the lights. Someone somewhere has made a lot of money out of this project and Brierley Hill is no better off.

mat
i live just off brierley hill high street and it now takes me a extra 10 mins to get home and i still see people going up the so call bus lane. what really is the point?

William Chapel
I've driven through the bypass and its bustin! The workmen on the site are very helpful, especially that young fit Simon M. He sorted my back garden out for free as part of the community engagement.

anon
Far too many traffic lights, and since it has opened, the traffic jams have been a nightmare, god help us christmas time at Merry Hill. It has just caused traffic from Brierley Hill, closer to Merry HIll.

Dave Kilvert
Why does mill street have to be buses only up hill? Twice a day i used to go up mill street and down moor street. I can not see the gain to any one stopping this ? -and no Lorraine Hewitt i have not driven past the buses only signs just added to my carbon foot print driving round a point less de-tour.

R BOB R
A needed and welcolmed relief road for the motorist, however its usefulness has been reduced by the use of too many traffic lights.Also some of the other road improvements in the area were not given very much thought

Jodie Rock
As a Brierley hill resident and pedestrian, I find the new layouts really confusing. There are so many crossings and traffic lights all over the place, as well as traffic coming from every which way. I can understand why they have done it as the traffic to and from merry hill was manic, and it will ease some congestion, but I think the layout isn't clear and many people drive slower through these junctions because nobody knows where they are going! They could have marked or designed it a little better.

Carl Lions
The Brierley Hill "Sustainable Access Network" otherwise known to the locals as the "Bypass" will improve the air quality in the town by diverting the heavy traffic away and by making the whole area safer for pedestrians. The "Bigger Picture" involves improving the "High Street" and making it pedestrian friendly in the near future. The construction of the new road has help many locals find employment with the contractors working on the scheme. With the new infrastructure in place, investment in the area is sure to follow which will generate employment for the locals in a high unemployment area. Without change, one cannot progress!

Lorraine Hewitt
they wouldn't have needed the road if people would have used the car parks instead of the high street just because they are too idle to walk,sorry to rant but all the drivers going up Mill street need to learn to read or get their eyes tested. there are 3 yes 3 bus only signs at the top of the road, and drivers are just ignoring them.

Andy Hock
Best thing to happen here in years. All we need now is a swimming pool.

Max Churchill
How did you find so many negative comments? The High Street congestion was terrible, so anything that helps has got to be an improvement. Congestion in the High Street will still be there though as long as the traders insist on parking their vehicles illegally on the High Street. The changes to the other roads (one ways, etc.) have made life inconvenient for some, but must make things safer as they seem to have been designed to avoid dangerous right turns across the traffic flow.

Ray Ruston
Too Many Traffic Lights and road signs and road markings not clear