Traffic Lights

Traffic lights may be installed:

• Because of possible traffic hazard
• To manage traffic flow from new developments, schools, leisure centres. (In some cases developers will finance new signals)

Fault Reporting

To report a faulty traffic light please contact the Highways Team.  Please be specific about the problem.  A list of possible faults is shown below:

• All lamps out
• Red to traffic lamp failed
• Amber to traffic lamp failed
• Green to traffic lamp failed
• Green filter arrow lamp failed
• Red man lamp failed
• Green man lamp failed
• Wait lamp failed
• Long delays (specify which approach)
• Permanent pedestrian demand (changing to pedestrians all the time when nobody is there)
• Signal head alignment - Head turned by vehicle strike or vandals
• Miscellaneous vandal damage (please specify)
• Timing fault, such as short greens or long greens to approaches where there is no traffic)
• Lamps dim
• Pole leaning
• Other fault (please specify)

Temporary Traffic Lights

In order to use temporary traffic lights within Torbay (Accredited Contractors only) you must notify the Council.