PLANS to put up traffic lights at a busy junction as a part of a multi-million pound business development have been unveiled.
In April BAE Systems at Samlesbury got the go-ahead for a £100million expansion.
And as part of the agreement, BAE had to ensure alterations would be made to the Swallow Hotel junction of the A59 to cope with extra traffic generated by the creation of 2,500 more jobs.
Plans have now been lodged with Lancashire County Council for traffic lights at Cuerdale Lane where it meets the A59 at the junction with Preston New Road..
BAE's plans prompted a lot of opposition from nearby parish councils, in particular Balderstone.
Parish councillors were concerned about how extra traffic would affect residents' ability to turn right out of Woods Brow on to the A59.
And Pat Young, who called for a separate entrance to be built from the Swallow junction in to BAE, was not impressed by the new plans.
She said: "I think the new lights will just hold traffic back even more along the A59. I'm all for safety and if it makes the junction safer for people coming out of Cuerdale Lane then I support it but I think it's going to create difficulties further down the A59.
"We have asked for traffic lights a Woods Brow but nothing has happened so far.
"With two lanes of traffic going in to BAE it's going to be horrendous for people trying to come out of Woods Brew and trying to turn right.
"I still want traffic lights there. I'm not giving up."
As cars leave BAE at rush hour traffic is already queuing for a mile down the A59 from the Swallow junction - some-thing residents fear will be made worse if cars are stopped at the lights for longer.
BAE said lights would only be installed when the development was finished. They hope to have units up and running on the site within two years.
A spokesman said: "It is part of the planning application to have lights in that area but it's part of the total package."
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