Weight Restricted Turns in Kings Bromley Parish

Weight Restricted Turns in Kings Bromley Parish

Published 14 September 2018

Traffic heavier than 7.5 tonnes travelling from the North (from Yoxall) on the A515 will not be able to turn left onto the A513 or into Woodend Lane.
Traffic heavier than 7.5 tonnes travelling from the East along the A513 (from Alrewas) will not be able to turn right onto the A515
Traffic heavier than 7.5 tonnes travelling from the East along Woodend Lane will not be able to turn right onto the A515.

The restrictions will be temporarily removed when traffic is diverted from the A38 due to accidents or roadworks.

As a Parish Council, we always expected that any such orders would exempt farm vehicles or vehicles making local deliveries. This will not be the case.

Parishioners will know that Kings Bromley Parish Council has campaigned for years for weight limits on the A515 and A513.

This proposal will, if enfored properly by the Police, reduce some HGV traffic through the village, but it is not the full weight limit that we wish for and the fact that it applies to farm vehicles and local deliveries and pick ups will, we believe, cause chaos as these vehicles will use country roads and attempt to turn in inappropriate places.

We will monitor the effectiveness of the restrictions and believe that that will be clear after 6 months.

Along with Yoxall and Draycott in the Clay Parish Councils, Kings Bromley Parish Council will now step up its campaign for a weight limit on the A515.

ITV News item on Traffic Through Yoxall

On Wednesday 12th Sept, local ITV news carried the following item:https://youtu.be/gwNiVjwZOlA

This highlights very well the problem that Yoxall have with HGV traffic