Snargate St / Union St traffic lights

• Karlos

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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  24 June 2020     10:17363555
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  Walked past these traffic lights a lot recently and they are on a permanent cycle of going green to enter/exit Union Street, so all traffic has to stop on the A20 every minute or so.
  
  Is this a deliberate plan, or just faulty lights that no-one has reported?
• Terry Nunn

  • Location: London Road, Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 4,316
  24 June 2020     12:00363557
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  Last time I drove out of Union Street I had to wait through four sequences before I was let out. I've noticed before that the main road often goes red for no apparent reason.
  
  Terry
  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
  • Posts: 23,940
  24 June 2020     15:20363559
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  becoming a pain in the butt at the moment, them and the pelican lights before hand.
• Karlos

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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  28 June 2020     09:53363591
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  On my wet Sunday morning walk I see these lights aren’t working at all now, which is probably better.
• Pablo

  • Registered: 21 Mar 2018
  • Posts: 614
  28 June 2020     13:30363596
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  For ages those lights have got stuck. If you are trying to get out of Union St you need to hop out of the car and press the pedestrian button, then leg it back before they change. That seems to sort it.
  Reginald Barrington likes this
• Karlos

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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  9 July 2020     09:59363769
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  These lights have been repaired and are actually working properly!
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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  9 July 2020     14:07363778
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  not for long i expect
• Button

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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  8 June 2025     08:29387247
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  Union Street [Junction] Upgrade Works
  
  As part of preparations for the 2025 EES Go Live, National Highways will be carrying out upgrade works at Union Street Junction. These improvements will enable two right-turn lanes from Union Street onto the A20, along with a new left-turn option.
  
  To safely complete these works, the following restrictions will be in place:
  
  Phase 1: Monday 9 June – Friday 11 July
  - Access only onto Union Street from the A20
  - A diversion will be in place via Wellesley Road to return to the A20
  
  Phase 2: Monday 14 July – Monday 29 September
  - Full closure of Union Street
  - A signed diversion will remain in place via Wellesley Road
  
  Union Street will be open for traffic over the Regatta Weekend, 12th & 13th July.
  
  [From the Port's Facebook thingy - pretty damn difficult to find otherwise.]
  (Not my real name.)