Commuters offered alternative approach to beat daily ‘crawl’

17 May 2006
 
A scheme to cut congestion on one of Middlesbrough’s main roads opened to motorists this week, six months after the alternative solution of a bypass was scrapped.
The Marton Road, which suffers from significant peak-hour congestion travelling into the town – and has become known locally as the ‘Marton Road crawl’ – has been converted to two lanes for inbound traffic, and one in the other direction.
Traffic islands and filter lanes have been removed and lining changed to provide the extra capacity for commuter traffic travelling into the centre, in an experiment to help keep traffic moving.
The changes were made in response to residents’ concerns over traffic queues on the Marton Road raised with elected mayor, Ray Mallon during a series of town meetings. They follow the collapse of 40-year-old plans for an East Middlesbrough bypass when co-promoter Redcar and Cleveland’s decision to stop safeguarding the route.
Mallon said: ‘Middlesbrough is a town on its way up, and we need a smooth-running road network to underpin our economic regeneration. We are exploring a range of solutions. In the longer term, I believe that an east Middlesbrough bypass will be an essential part of the solution.
‘In the meantime, we have to try to find practical, affordable options that will have an immediate effect.’
Middlesbrough council would monitor the impact of the new layout over coming months to judge its effectiveness.

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