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Traffic lights out of sync creating frustration and dangerous decisions by drivers

Reported via desktop in the General Fault category anonymously at 21:35, Tuesday 7 January 2025

Sent to TfL 9 minutes later. TfL ref: FMS6947954.

I see that others have reported the same problem, both on this site and on Southwark's own website, but Southwark ignore the problem as it's TfL responsibility and TfL close the issue as they don't seem to understand the situation.

Please review the complaints again: the traffic lights on the jct of Redriff Rd (B205) and Lower Rd (A200) are out of sync with the traffic lights preceding them for traffic coming from B205, jct with Deal porters way. The end result is extremely long delays (often of over 20-30 minutes to drive a few yards), with buses and cars ignoring traffic lights, the yellow junction and bike lane. I've seen several cars jumping the lights and blocking the junction as well as the bike lane because there is no other way to move forward. Buses do the same. There is a lot of road rage going on here since the traffic light priorities were changed. Please understand it's a safety issue, people make horrible decisions just so they can move forward. You got this junction totally wrong and apparently you keep ignoring all the reports coming your way.

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  • Thank you for taking the time to report this to. We appreciate this an wanted to let you know that we’ve re-categorised this and it will now be directed to the appropriate team.

    Category changed from ‘Safety concern (traffic or pedestrian)’ to ‘General Fault’

    Posted by TfL at 21:44, Tuesday 7 January 2025

  • Thank you for taking the time to report this to us. It is much appreciated. This has now been investigated and we can confirm that there is a non-urgent fault at these traffic lights. We have therefore referred it to our contractors, and you should see an improvement within 28 days. If you need anything else, or have any questions, please contact our customer services team on 0343 222 1234

    Please also be aware that, all Action Scheduled reports are automatically closed after 28 days. However, the fault will be fixed within this timescale, which may be sooner, or in a few cases take a little longer.

    State changed to: Action scheduled

    Posted by TfL at 11:41, Wednesday 8 January 2025

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    This was the situation yesterday. And almost every day. I'm really surprised you don't consider this to be an urgent problem, as it has such a huge impact on public transport and the local area. It's been reported so many times before this report and it was just closed as "nothing to see here". Could you please expedite, this situation is ridiculous!

    Posted anonymously at 19:06, Tuesday 28 January 2025

  • The action scheduled for your report should now have been completed as detailed in your previous response. On some occasions it does take a little longer than scheduled. If you have any further queries on this, please either create a new report or contact our Customer Contact Centre on 0343 222 1234

    State changed to: Fixed

    Posted by TfL at 05:32, Thursday 6 February 2025

This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.