Belfast·SPG012 Sensitive Uses·Page 26·5.2.9

Traffic and road safety impact of bingo halls

Bingo halls located on busy traffic routes, near dangerous junctions, or where pedestrian access requires crossing busy roads should receive special consideration for their impact on traffic and road safety, depending on the concentration of arrivals and departures.

The impact of a bingo hall upon traffic and road safety merits special consideration where the premises fronts onto a busy traffic route, is near to a dangerous road junction, or is so sited that many visitors arriving on foot will have to cross a busy road or use an inadequate footway. The effect on the highway usage will depend to some extent on the amusement centre's activities. For example, large concentrations of people at the beginning and end of bingo sessions held at an amusement centre would have a different effect from the same number of people arriving and departing over a longer period.

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