Safety fear over broken lights
Slough: Traffic lights were hanging from cable for days
Disgruntled residents have raised health and safety fears over a broken traffic light located on a busy Slough road.
Helen Dunker and her husband Steve first discovered the light, in Elliman Avenue, whilst walking the dog on Saturday.
The pair found it hanging from its cable on the pedestrian crossing, which Helen feared was 'an accident waiting to happen'.
After attempting to make authorities and the nearby James Elliman School aware of the problem, the couple took matters into their own hands and erected a makeshift barrier below the lights out of wheelie bins.
Steve also placed handwritten 'danger' signs around the location, which is the main crossing for the school.
"It was obviously down to the wind on Saturday – that was probably about a quarter of a tonne ready to fall on somebody's head," he said.
Steve added that he found that the light was still broken on Monday morning, when school children were due to use the route to get to James Elliman.
"I feel we have done as much as we can," he said.
When contacted by the Express, Slough Borough Council (SBC) initially said that it had received no reports of the wonky traffic light.
However the local authority added that it would be recording the fix as an 'urgent issue' and an engineer was due to visit the site earlier this week.
In another update yesterday (Thursday), residents nearby claimed that the lights had been taken down, but left on the pavement towards James Elliman.
People have also reported a lack of temporary lights on the pedestrian crossing, making it difficult for people to cross the road.
Slough Borough Council has been contacted for further comment.