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Can't find the last item on this, when DFt said it wasn't a priority.
Anyway -seems that people power are getting action as below (OR are we getting converted councillors ??)

"Killer A5 junction pressure being put on agency
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to get Highways Agency bosses to change their minds about scrapping plans for much-needed safety measures at a killer junction.

The leader of Warwickshire County Council, councillor Alan Farnell, is mounting the crusade to get the Highways Agency to put plans for an offline roundabout at the notorious Red Gate junction of the A5 back onto its funding programme.

Back in December, the Heartland News exclusively revealed that Highways Agency decided to postpone the plan as money to fund the project could be better spent elsewhere in the country.

But now the county council leader is hoping to put pressure on the authority to get it to change its mind.

As the junction, which is actually located in North Warwickshire, lies on the border of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, the leader is calling on local politicans to back the campaign.

He is writing to North Warwickshire MP Mike O'Brien, the leader of Leicestershire County Council, councillor David Parsons, Bosworth MP David Tredinnick and Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council to get them to add their weight to the crusade.

"There is a lot of strong local feeling about this and it is something we are determined to see happen," the leader said.

"We want to get the scheme reinstated. We are going to put pressure on the Highways Agency and I will be writing to all local politicans to get them to support the campaign."

However, county councillor Farnell has a 'Plan B' up his sleeve if they fail to persuade the Highways Agency to change its mind.

The project has been put into the Regional Appraisal Summary Table (RAST) as a priority road improvement scheme for the West Midlands.

The RAST is due to be considered at a Regional Funding Allocation (RFA) meeting later this year.

"We will be putting as much pressure on the Highways Agency as we can but we have got the RFA as back-up. One way or another I am determined to see this scheme happen," Cllr Farnell added.

Previously, the Highways Agency stressed that interim measures introduced at the junction back in 2002 had had a huge effect on the amount of accidents and deaths. However it added that it would monitor the situation."

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on