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One approach to modelling traffic control is by heuristically defining fuzzy rules for the control of traffic light systems and applying them to a network of hierarchically dependent crossroads. In this paper, such a network is investigated through modelling the geometry of the network in the simulation environment Aimsun. This environment is based on real-world traffic data and is used in this paper with the MATLAB R2019a-Fuzzy toolbox. It focuses on the development of a network of intersections, as well as four fuzzy models and the behaviour of these models on the investigated intersections. The transport network consists of four intersections. The novelty of the proposed approach is in the application of heuristic fuzzy rules to the modelling and control of traffic flow through these intersections. 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