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Road markings have completely disappeared and causing a risk to motorists

Reported via desktop in the Faded / Hard to see (NH) category anonymously at 14:01, Fri 12 January 2024

Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5434431.

Good Afternoon,

I can see this issue has been reported before however the situation has changed due to their being no actual road markings visible anymore. This is cashing chaos for road users and causing numerous vehicles to think this lane is for straight on when confusingly ,it is meant to be left only.

The roundabouts in Tamworth are extremely poorly designed as it is ,with far too many directions allocated to each lane which causes a lot of risk to motorists.

I have some good photos and video of this particular road marking if required ?? It is a really busy ,dangerous island for motorists and pedestrians and it is clear the road markings have been poorly and cheaply marked. When they were freshly done ,you could clearly see the road men had struggled to burn off the original keep straight marker and the left only sign was so poorly marked that there was still a straight on arrow visible.

This has been like this now for around 6 months or maybe more which is completely unacceptable as it is a very simple fix to put a good solid left only marking.

I don't exaggerate when I say this is extremely dangerous ,I have a video of a HGV cutting across a motorist as it thought it was a straight on ( understandably)

Please help before someone is hurt or killed.

Thankyou

Updates

  • Thank you for making your report.

    We're aware of the missing road markings at this roundabout and we're currently designing a scheme to renew the road markings. We currently don't have a confirmed start date for this scheme.

    Although we always aim to complete repairs as quickly as possible, timescales do vary as we try to minimise disruption to customers by combining activities into single closures and always ensuring the safety of our people.

    Kind regards National Highways

    State changed to: Internal referral

    Posted by National Highways at 14:45, Tue 16 January 2024

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