PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson has welcomed last week’s announcement of £1 million in funds to improve safety on the A682 – the most dangerous road in Pendle and one of the 50 most dangerous in England.
The Department for Transport’s Safer Roads Fund gave £100 million to local authorities to tackle England’s most dangerous A roads.
A joint bid by Lancashire and North Yorkshire county councils was given £1,065,000 to undertake safety improvement scheme on the road that runs from Barrowford to Long Preston. The scheme will see the introduction of average speed cameras, solar-powered road studs, better lines marking the centre of the road and rumble strips.
In 2007, the A682 was identified as Britain’s most dangerous road by the Road Safety Foundation with serious and fatal accidents continuing to affect the route.
Mr Stephenson said: “Too many lives have been lost on the A682. Whilst its safety record has improved, there is still more to do to make it truly safe.”
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