FURTHER traffic chaos at Penn Inn, Newton Abbot, has prompted an urgent call for the 16-month-old £50,000 traffic lights to be fixed or scrapped.

There are fears that unless the problem is sorted before work begins on the bypass flyover south Devon will be gridlocked.

On Tuesday morning, commuters once again faced misery when part of the traffic control system failed.

Some drivers trying to get from Milber, Buckland and other communities south of the junction found it quicker to travel via Coffinswell.

One of them, Cllr Mike Ryan, told the Advertiser he had considered taking a route through Teignmouth.

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