Road improvements at the jct of Box Lane & Beechwood Park

Carole Ross

I have lived here over 45 years. Many years ago I was told by a county councillor that Box Lane was the busiest B road in Herts. It has only got worse. The flashing advisory speed limit sign on Box Lane is useless and the roundabout is ignored. Visibility is restricted both way: I have been overtaken by cars coming up from the lights and the parking at the bottom of Beechwood Park impedes access from Box Lane. Does someone have to be killed before notice is taken?

Mike Dowie

The vehicles travelling up and down Box Lane need to be slowed down Many speed over the mini roundabout without slowing down, including big trucks With the restricted sight lines at the junction, coming down Beechwood Park, it is very dangerous pulling out if a speeding vehicle is coming from either direction.

Neil Burton

We have seen numerous close calls and are aware of crashes here that is pure luck that didn’t end in a fatality. People speed towards Bovingdon and frequently go around the mini roundabout on the wrong side so they don’t have to slow down. It’s a blind roundabout to pull out onto from Beechwood park and desperately needs traffic slowing measures.

Ali Burton

I’m a resident of Beechwood Park and I’ve had near misses at this junction. All too often the cars coming from London Road are going too fast. You have to be watching traffic from the right so carefully that when you pull out, you’re also in danger of cars speeding down or not wanting to stop coming from Bovingdon direction. It’s an awful junction and I’m fully in support of safety measures being taken.

Amanda Simmons

We've lived on the Beechwood Park estate for 28 years and and often navigate this junction several times a day. When you're turning right onto the roundabout about a third of cars coming from the Bovingdon direction don't stop and vehicles from London Road direction are often speeding, making it difficult to see them in time to stop. Sometimes I am halfway onto the roundabout and find I have vehicles speeding towards me from both directions. Please take steps to improve safety.

Robert Simmons

We live in a close off beechwood park. Drivers speed bothways and visability is poor.

John O’Malley

As a 22 resident living 3 doors up from the junction, myself and family have had and witnessed many near misses as well as hearing horns and late breaking, almost on a daily basis. Something has to be done before a major accident occurs, as traffic going up or down seems increase speed on approach to the roundabout as if it’s not there. To cap it all some morons park illegally just before the turning which increases the danger factor turning in and out of Beechwood Park.

Paul Daly

Let’s not wait for a fatality to generate the action that is needed to address this hazardous junction. The action needs to be taken now.

June Thompson

We go up there a lot and people really speed across the round about

Katherine Deaney

Really dangerous junction. Had a close shave previously

Fiona Garcia-West

As a 15-year Beechwood Park resident, I see the Box Lane junction worsening. Drivers fail to slow down or cut straight over the roundabout. Turning right out of Beechwood is terrifying due to limited visibility; focusing right leaves no time to check left safely. High-speed lorries make this a death trap. Install speed bumps, cameras, or CCTV before someone is killed!

Maggs Hawkes

my cousin almost got run over :(

Julia Mann

I frequently use the roundabout turning onto Box Lane from Beechwood Park taking my granddaughter for school. I find this very dangerous as people coming from Bovingdon often ignore the fact that’s it’s a roundabout and drive straight through . The number of big lorries using box lane seems to be increasing as well.

Brian Gauci

Safer driving.

Katherine Mann

This is an incredibly dangerous junction. I like down this road and have had many close calls with cars speeding down box lane and not giving way at mini roundabout.

Robert Ross

I have lived on Beechwood Park for over 40 years and coming out at the roundabout with Box Lane is fraught with danger. The view is restricted in both directions and speeding, particularly from Bovingdon direction is common as many drivers ignore the 30mph signs and warning signal and carry straight on over the roundabout as if it did not exist!

Sejal Modhvadia

Dangerous, people speeding, kids around not good for area

Barbara Gillon

As we live within meters of this junction and frequently witness so many near misses we feel urgent highway action is required - please do not wait for a tragedy.

georgina kitchen

my friend nearly got run over and i watched it happen :(

Jamie Barnard

I nearly got run over