Hugeonot, how have you got such an interest in this part of the town? Do you work for the contractors or something? I live here and can tell you that this will lead to a nightmare of congestion in an already difficult to cross road. I hate walking my nipper (soon to be 2 nippers) along this piece of road because of the impatience of drivers already suffering congestion, and a-hole cyclists, weaving in and out of the congestion and shouting abuse at pedestrians if you dare to put a foot in their road. These stupid measures will make it much worse, not to mention the effect on the already impossible to leave, congested Sainsbury's car park. You write of arrogance in your post, whilst lecturing the forum of why you are right. I can think of no better people to give opinions on this issue than the people who live in this area and are affected. "Most car drivers think it's more reasonable that a pedestrian should have to walk an additional 10 minutes to cross the road, than their own journey should have to be reduced by 10 seconds." Can you cite the evidence for this quote?