NOTORIOUS city centre traffic lights that have left drivers raging seems to have gone haywire again.

For a number of weeks motorist have been delayed after complications arose during work to install new signals at the end of January, at the four-way junction on Bridge Street and Shaddongate.

Traffic had been reported backing up for nearly a mile along Newtown Road.

The county council recently said it "hopefully had them sorted" -however bus operator Stagecoach tweeted on Wednesday, February 19, at 11.38am that it was experiencing delays in the area because the "traffic lights at Sainsburys seem to be out of sync. Apologies for any delays".

The tailbacks have left Eric Armstrong, 68, a retired engineer from Morton West, fuming.

He said: “Most days, and most times, the tailbacks in working hours are horrendous.

“The traffic lights have become a real bottleneck, it is absolutely rubbish.

The county council had previously brought in signal engineers from the highways department to identify a number of issues earlier this month.

On Monday, February 17, a county council spokesman said further changes had been made to the technology.

He said: “The new technology is ‘smart’, meaning it takes a little time for them to learn and understand traffic flows.

“Hopefully we’ve got them sorted now. We’ll monitor it this week.”

The spokesman, on Thursday, February 20, said they are continuing to monitor the situation and respond accordingly.