'There are no road markings whatsoever, nobody knows what they are doing. He said: 'Highways officers do not know the challenges here, I don't think anybody knows what they are doing on that roundabout.

Steffan Saunders, the district council's head of planning, said there was sufficient information from highways to decide on the application.Ĭllr Mick Mulgrew dubbed the roundabout an 'absolute nightmare'. She said highways officers at Derbyshire County Council said the markings were fine but had not responded to a number of key questions, which councillors would like answered before they decide on the advertising board application.Ĭllr Wheelton said: 'They tend to sit in their office in Matlock and look at Google Maps and then submit a sweeping statement, from Matlock, saying there are no highways issues.' This is where one lane splits into three, with two heading towards the roundabout and one directing left onto Moira Road. While advertising boards are typically constrained to permission for up to five years, the applicant had asked that this restriction should be scrapped, with adverts having been displayed on the same spot for years, including between 20.Īt last night's meeting, Cllr Amy Wheelton said that fellow councillor Malc Gee, who owned a driving school for years, was an expert on the Highway Code and raised issues with the road markings on the approach past the New Inn pub and Woodville Box Club. The parish council objects to this application on the grounds of highway safety.' Woodville Parish Council objected to the planned new board saying: 'Members consider a digital display of such size to be distracting to motorists whilst using an extremely busy roundabout.

The digital advertising board would be visible for motorists travelling towards the Clock Roundabout along the A511, past the New Inn pub and Woodville Box Club. This came as plans from Vivid Outdoor Media Solutions Ltd, for a 6.2 metre by 3.2 metre digital advertising board to be erected indefinitely on the side of 1 High Street, Woodville, overlooking the roundabout, were discussed. Fresh concerns have been raised over the safety of an infamous five-way 'nightmare' roundabout in Woodville.Īt a South Derbyshire District Council meeting last night (June 6) talk turned to the notorious Clock Roundabout, a known traffic hotspot.Ĭouncillors commented that the roundabout needs road markings to be made clearer to avoid causing confusion and traffic accidents.

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