Solution in the bag for town's covered-up traffic lights

                * The bagged-up traffic lights at the A5/Castle Street junction.

Transport officials have explained what is to happen with Llangollen's now-famous "bagged" traffic lights at the junction of the A5 and Castle Street.

The signals have been covered by an orange sack on the Regent Street side since a programme of improvements was carried out by the North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent (NMWTRA) at the start of this year.

Drivers and pedestrians have complained about the confusion this has caused.

Llangollen county councillor Karen Edwards has been working on the case and has now received an update from NMWTRA.

She has been told: "As part of the review process that was initiated after the ‘bagging’ of the signal head, our designers have been reviewing the operation of the signals and tabling additional measures which the Welsh Government could consider in order to maintain safety at the junction and also assist with reducing congestion. 

"This process is now almost complete and a final set of design measures will hopefully be signed off in the coming weeks. 

"The main proposal within the design package will be the permanent removal of the signal head which is currently ‘bagged’. 

"In addition to this, a site trial of additional detection equipment will take place this week. It is hoped that this trial will determine whether above ground detection, as opposed to the conventional ‘loops’ which are located in the road surface, would benefit vehicular movements through the site. 

"Once our designers have the full results from the site trial, we will be in a position to be able to complete the design and procure an installation contractor to implement the proposed changes."