Rejected petition Change the frequency of traffic lights in high-traffic areas like harpurhey

Have a look at the frequency of traffic lights and compare it to the rate of traffic and see if removing certain traffic lights will help reduce the size of traffic jams

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Places like harpurhey which have a lot of people going through it has had a lot of lights put in so when it comes to busier times , the traffic gets awful because the lights are to frequent causing backed up traffic. The light don't need to be so close together as well as there is a pair of lights within 70 meters of eachother which is ridiculous

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It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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Decisions about the flow of traffic are a matter for local traffic authorities, not the UK Government or Parliament.

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Date submitted 23 October 2025
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