Following concerns I have received about the "green man" time for pedestrians crossing Blackness Avenue from the library to Hawkhill, I have again raised the matter with the City Council.I have received the following feedback from the City Development Department :
"The lights at Blackness Library have been modernised and are now of the 'Puffin' type.
The flashing green man appears for 4 seconds with buzzer sounding. It may appear to the pedestrian that it has stopped but traffic will not move until the far footway is reached and that sensor triggered. The inter-green period ie the period when vehicles are stopped is designed to be long enough to allow pedestrian to complete the crossing safely.
The new design of the green man showing on the nearside or demand side of the crossing is part of a design which prohibits the impatient driver from 'jumping' the red light as he cannot see the green man/red man signal."