New traffic lights at dodgy Renfrew junction bring relief to residents after several accidents
dailyrecord.co.ukNew traffic lights have been installed at a dodgy Renfrew crossroads in a bid to address safety concerns.Council chiefs have put signals in place at the junction of Broadloan and Sandy Road after elected members insisted they were urgently needed.The junction is close to Renfrew High School and there have been a number of serious incidents in recent years including a fatality.Drivers often get confused over who has right of way which has left residents at their wit's end with the sound of beeping horns going off day and night. Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.
Sign up to our newsletters here. Traffic lights are also due to be installed where Sandy Road meets Haining Road and Newmains Road in the coming weeks with work expected to be completed by the end of next month.Councillor John Shaw, who represents Renfrew North and Braehead, said he and fellow SNP elected members had been pushing for the lights to be installed since they were voted onto the council in 2017.He said people will now feel more confident navigating the junction."It's a really busy junction as it's the main route up to Tesco plus Sandy Road is used as one of the main routes off Paisley Road for the town," said Councillor Shaw."Drivers can get confused at the crossroads and it can be quite difficult to get through."There have been a few accidents and there was a fatality a few years back."The problem we have had as councillors is that unless there is an injury, it doesn't get recorded as a serious incident, so if we say this is a
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