Oakwell Lane

I agree. I was just pointing out that the people arguing that pedestrians are allowed on roads are aren't really painting the whole picture.

I don't think it should be closed fully but much like nearly every other road around Oakwell there should be one way in place and parking rules need to be enforced. No need for the carpark to sit for ages if proper segregation was applied on grove Street for a start. No need for beevor court to be closed if they applied the law too.

 

That's a bit harsh on the lad. What's he done wrong to the USA?

 

Things that would make your eyes bleed.

 

The additional extra time being added doesn't help either. It was well past 5pm when the match finished. Then to hold cars back a further 30 minutes is hardly an incentive for anyone to use that car park.

 

This is what I think would improve things massively.

A box junction painted on Pontefract road outside grove Street so that no cars should block the junction. That would allow free passage out of grove Street but also mean that neither cars exiting or cars on Pontefract road block the area.

A full closure between the posh carpark and the main carpark to limit how many vehicles go through beevor court.

A full closure across grove Street to actually stop cars who exit via the top gate from circumventing the right turn only rules. At the moment they turn right then do two lefts and come back onto grove Street defeating the object.

A closure at the entrance to beevor court, entrance to grove Street and top entrance to Oakwell view. This would ensure that the roads don't get blocked and allow plenty of space for pedestrians to safely walk.

The yellow lines would be the designated exit routes away from the stadium and it would create distinct separate routes out which would reduce the queues of people turning across each others paths.
From the top gate it's right along grove Street, up Belgrave road and down queen Street and to the harborough hill slip roads (both directions).
From the bottom grove Street side gate the route would be turn right along Pontefract road and up lambra road. This would mean the only place the two sets of traffic would meet each other would be at the high capacity and already signal controlled Alhambra roundabout.
From the bottom gate next to the burger van it would be left turn only along Pontefract road or straight over and up Oakwell view which would be one way only to provide safe passage for pedestrians.
The posh cars in the east stand carpark would exit via beevor court. The capacity of the carpark would limit the amount of cars and by closing the entrance to beevor court it would ensure that there is free and clear passage for any emergency vehicles to access the stadium.

All the exit routes would have cones out to prohibit parking which, if enforced, would maintain safe passage for emergency vehicles and pedestrians alike.

Away coaches would be taken down beevor court and turned LEFT towards cundy cross in the way that worked perfectly well for years before it was changed.

And it wouldn't take much change to traffic management costs as those needlessly closing harborough hill slip roads would be re-sited to the other locations. The only extra expense really would be in the one off painting of a box junction.

The key to making it all work would be actually enforcing the rules. Something that the council have been woeful at. They could actually make money by sending a traffic warden round to check that people aren't parked where they shouldn't.

Regardless, something has to be done because the current situation is unacceptable