Residents living next to the junction of a major new route that's opened in Gedling have described it as 'mayhem' and 'like living on the M1'. Colliery Way, known as the Gedling Access Road which links Mapperley to Gedling and Burton Joyce, opened to motorists on March 22.
Those who waited to see the route open to motorists described the views on the new road as "beautiful". Cyclists and pedestrians could travel up and down the route a day before that, and, during an opening ceremony, leaders argued the road is "money well spent" despite soaring costs.
Traffic travelling down towards Burton Joyce and Gedling from the Mapperley direction is not permitted to turn right on Burton Road to head towards Gedling. However, just after the crossroads on Burton Road is a new housing development, and, within just 15 minutes or so during a recent visit to that junction by our reporter, no fewer than three trucks and one car turned left on to Nottingham Road, made a U-turn in front of the houses, and travelled straight up Burton Road.
