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Flood Town Wins Traffic Light Switch-off

It isn't often that flooding improves traffic flow - but this is what's being argued in one UK town. Traffic lights on Hardwick Circus roundabout in Carlisle, Cumbria, were knocked out during bad weather early last month - and public opinion has been that drivers are getting through the area quicker.

02nd February 2005

Now, council chiefs are to launch an experiment to see if leaving them turned off for six months really does work. The controversial move comes despite a report from the authority's senior traffic engineer, who was opposed to scrapping the signals on safety grounds.

Councillor Kevan Wilkinson said: "The general perception is that the public are better off without the lights. Professional opinion and statistics say the reverse, but from 7 March we are going to turn the traffic lights off in Hardwick Circus for six months."

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