Colin Park Entertainment record sports road Colin Park

Lanarkshire residents lash out at lack of safety measures on road

Reading now: 277
dailyrecord.co.uk

Locals in Rutherglen say more safety measures are needed on a road where someone was killed. A number of accidents have taken place on the town's Croftfoot Road over the years, with Angela Marshall being killed on it last year.The 55-year-old died as she was returning home - more recently on Thursday, May 2, a woman and child were hit by a car there.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Simon Trobe, who runs the Bowhouse Residents’ Association, told Lanarkshire Live : “The council should make it a priority before anyone else is injured or killed. "When you’re turning into the estate, drivers undertake using the bus stop as speed.“We’re needing traffic lights, zebra crossing, speed bumps, just anything to slow the traffic down.“Because of the brow of the hill, drivers and pedestrians can’t see each other.”The council's head of roads and transportation services, Colin Park, said both North and South Lanarkshire councils have been working together on this matter, reviewing injury-accident frequency and location along the full length of Croftfoot Road.

He told us : “This showed that the recorded accidents were spread along the length of Croftfoot Road and were not specific to any particular point, and that there were no common causes that could be addressed using engineering measures. “We have given an

Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA