The new temporary lights at the roundabout on the A5 replace previous signals which led to gridlock and delays of around 90 minutes.
The traffic lights at Emstrey Island in Shrewsbury have been taken out twice in 12 months
Lights on the western side of the roundabout, controlling eastbound traffic on the A5 joining the roundabout, have been out of action since aThe maintenance, which is scheduled to take place between overnight 8pm and 5am is due for completion by Thursday. During the overnight work, the exit onto London Road will be closed westbound, with a diversion in place.
A spokesperson said:"It is a more intelligent temporary system that we will be using until the bespoke parts needed to rebuild the control boxes damaged in the collision are ready and we can carry out the permanent repairs." , with gridlock along the A5 and A49 and queues stretching to within a mile of the end of the M54 at Wellington.until bespoke parts for the control boxes arrived, but were switched off within 24 hours before work on fitting the new lights started this week.
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