Campaigners are urging that “confusing and dangerous” road markings are changed in York.
Hull Road was resurfaced last year. Since then, the repainted lane markings as you travel eastbound towards the roundabout near B&Q are “leading to driver confusion”.
That’s the view of Luke Draper, Ian Eiloart and Andrew Mortimer. The Liberal Democrat activists say there have been two recent crashes on this stretch of road, and are calling on City of York Council to fix the issue.
Before the resurfacing, the left-hand lane of the 40mph dual carriageway was marked and signposted for traffic continuing along Hull Road towards Grimston Bar.
And the right-hand lane as the turning towards the university along Field Lane.
The campaigners claim the new road markings were painted incorrectly – showing both lanes for through traffic towards Grimston Bar.
This was partly corrected with the road marking closest to the roundabout fixed to show a right turn arrow.
But the marking around 50m before this wasn’t corrected however, “which has led to the confusion”.
Ian said “The roundabout is already an accident hotspot.
“Recently a vehicle smashed into two sets of chevron barriers and a lamppost, and before this another vehicle cut straight across the roundabout knocking down the tree growing in the middle.
“It is time for the council to take action and make this simple change before someone is seriously injured.”
Luke said: “As you travel outbound along Hull Road towards the roundabout you first see signs that show the right hand lane is for traffic travelling towards the university.
“Shortly after that a road marking shows both lanes for traffic travelling straight ahead along Hull Road towards Grimston Bar – and less than 50 metres after this, very close to the roundabout junction, the correct markings are shown with a right turn arrow.”
Residents say the incorrect markings have led to drivers on Hull Road finding themselves in the wrong lane at the last moment.
“Some have been seen cutting across in front of traffic in the other lane with near misses reported,” Andrew said. “We contacted the council at the start of the year to bring this to their attention but nothing has been done to fix the problem.”
A City of York Council spokesperson said: “Our team will be re-painting this road marking next week, weather permitting.”
