THE traffic flow trial that will begin at the Landing Road Bridge in September will only work effectively if traffic flow through The Hub car park coming onto the roundabout at Harvey Norman (as a quick exit) is stopped.
Driving into The Hub carpark off the board mills bridge will work still but make the traffic exit only at the Bunnings roundabout.
While I was waiting for the traffic the other morning at the peak time 8.30am, I counted 41 vehicles using the offending exit. Totally unacceptable in a traffic-flow crisis.
The new configuration going to be trialled for the Landing Road roundabout should work. But probably during the last test period it may soon be realised that a second bridge across our river may have to be the answer in the future.
JD Cooper
Whakatane