POLICE have warned drivers after a set of traffic lights stopped functioning.
Officers based in Colchester made the alert after a PCSO spotted the lights on Colchester Road, at the junction with Brightlingsea Road, had stopped working.
Anyone in #Wivenhoe @WivenhoeConnect@Uni_of_Essex just to let everyone know the traffic lights on Colchester Road junction with Brightlingsea Road are all out and not working. PCSO Wright has reported this to highways. pic.twitter.com/ySKP7MHzb7
— Essex Police in Colchester #StayAlert (@EPColchester) September 25, 2020
The problem is expected to cause traffic issues.
The junction is near the University of Essex campus.
Taking to their Twitter page, Colchester officers said PCSO Wright had already reported the issue to Essex Highways on Friday afternoon.
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