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Council officials put on Broch red alert

Council officials put on Broch red alert

A Fraserburgh councillor is calling for traffic lights at two “dangerous” junctions in the town centre.

Ian Tait wants improvements at congestion blackspots in High Street and Charlotte Street.

He has asked Aberdeenshire Council roads officials to investigate making changes in the two areas “in the interests of health and safety”.

Mr Tait said: “The difficulty with the junction at High Street and Barrasgate Road is that when drivers stop at the stop line, they are unable to see what is coming from their right because there is a building which obscures their view.

“They are forced to have to edge out into the busy High Street, which gives rise to a potential risk.”

He said it was easily the most dangerous junction in town and he had seen many near accidents.

Drivers were constantly “jumping the gun” at the junction of Charlotte Street and College Bounds.

“This is obviously endangering pedestrians and other drivers,” he said.

“Traffic lights are a possibility, but I think it is important in the first instance to have a report from council officers about the junctions and we can move on from there.”

Mr Tait recently helped secure a new pedestrian crossing at busy Boothby Road in Fraserburgh.

It was installed earlier this year after months of campaigning.

Parents had raised concerns about the former ring road. They said they refused to let their children cross unsupervised.

Previously, Mr Tait campaigned successfully for traffic lights at the Victoria Street-Saltoun Place crossroads in the town.

In 2001, he managed to get lights installed at the junction of High Street and Cross Street.

It followed concerns that drivers approaching the turn-off were getting confused by the green lights of a double pedestrian crossing, which could have been mistaken for regular traffic lights.