Date set for Cherry Lane Roundabout works

Hayes Fire Station attended the crash as well as paramedics with three fire engines and about 14 fire fighters needed.

Glen Corrigan, watch manager, said: "They were fairly lucky because they had an ambulance that was following them. They were just coming across the traffic lights when the accident happened."

Cherry Lane Roundabout, close to the M4, is the point where Holloway Lane, Cherry Lane, Stockley Road and Shepiston Lane converge, and has featured in the top 10 of Greater London's more serious accident sites.

The roundabout has recently been the subject of spotlight from the Gazette after a six vehicle pile up last month, and Transport for London have pledged to spend £300,000 on safety improvements for it.

A date has now been set for the works to begin- October 26th- with construction works hoping to be completed by 18 December.

However, the new traffic signals are not expected to be installed by March 2010.
The council has been working with the police and highways officers to discuss the best time for the works to take place, and they will generally occur over night or during off peak times.
No alternative routes are being recommended to drivers, although minor disruption is expected, Hillingdon Council insist the traffic management has been designed to minimise queuing and congestion.

TfL can remotely control the traffic signals and can therefore adjust the phasing to reduce queuing where possible.

While the need for the roundabout works has been demonstrated with the accidents in recent weeks, including a six vehicle pile up last month, not everybody believes this is the best time to begin the works.

Eilish Stone, who lives in Harmondsworth, and uses the roundabout to travel to and from work, said: "Why is this work starting just at the time when the clocks change, and there will be limited daylight hours?

"This will no doubt exacerbate the traffic chaos and possibly contribute to accidents."