The one-way exit lane from 14th Avenue onto Turret Road is open to traffic once more.

A SunLive reader sent in photos showing the concrete barriers blocking access onto Turret Road have been removed.

The barriers were put in place as part of a six-week trial to see what effect closing off the exit lane would have on the flow of traffic in the area.

The concrete barriers replaced lighter water-filled plastic barriers that people had been moving out of the way in defiance of the trial's objectives.

As the trial began on October 16, today's reopening of the exit lane corresponds to the six-week timeframe. A council spokesperson confirmed the trial closure has ended, and that council removed the barriers.

'The data that we've gathered will feed into work that we're doing to improve traffic in the entire block between 11th Ave and 17th Ave.”

Speaking to SunLive before the trial began, TCC transport manager Martin Parkes said the trial would be an information-gathering exercise.

'We've been looking at several options for 15th Avenue and Turret Road. We've got plenty of data about traffic movements in the area, but now we want to find out what impact the closure could have on the transport network in that area.

'We want to know what volume of traffic will do that, compared to those who will use 15th Avenue. The trial will give us a huge amount of data we can then feed into the planning for any future upgrade we do of 15th Avenue.”

Responses to the trial have been mixed, with some drivers commending the council's decision, while others became frustrated with what they believed was worse traffic than before.

A previous photo of the exit lane, with the concrete barriers in place.