Graham Stuart, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, has met campaigners for a safer bypass for Lund alongside Police and Crime Commissioner Jonathan Evison and Beverley Rural councillors Jeremy Wilcock and Diana Stewart.
The meeting, at a layby outside Lund on the B1248 bypass, was designed to show the local MP and founder of the Make Our Roads Safer campaign the extent of the problem of speeding motorcyclists.
Police and Crime Commissioner Jonathan Evison, as well as police officers, were there to hear the concerns of the villagers.
Commissioner Evison has told campaigners about various options for the village, including flashing speed signs, which record the number of speeding vehicles; working with the Council to change speed limits; making use of Operation Snap and the possibility of Lund having a trial for ANPR flashing speed signs which would give the police the tools they need to crack down on speeding.
Lund experiences numerous incidents of motorcyclists and drivers speeding down the B1248, which bypasses the village. With junctions into the village itself to the north and south, this makes getting in and out of the village far more dangerous than it needs to be.
Graham recently launched the cross-party Make Our Roads Safer campaign, which aims to give local people a voice in improving road safety.
The campaign seeks to build local support for schemes, with local ‘Champions’ working closely with the wider campaign to have their voices heard in County Hall and with the Police.
Graham has visited Middleton and Cherry Burton to speak to campaigners about their concerns and possible solutions over articulated lorries coming through the village and parking outside Cherry Burton Primary School.
Graham has also asked parish and town councils across Beverley and Holderness for their views and hopes to use the transformational £168 million Local Transport Fund to support communities to make our roads safer.
Residents can raise their road safety concerns at www.makeourroadssafer.org.
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart said: “It was great to speak to people from Lund and hear their concerns about road safety on the B1248.
“I’ll be working closely with your local councillors and the Police and Crime Commissioner to see what can be done, be it bringing in a 50mph speed limit or installing new flashing speed limit signs.
“Local action can make our roads safer, and I urge everyone who has concerns to join the campaign to Make Our Roads Safer.”
Police and Crime Commissioner Jonathan Evison said: “We’ve got the tools to make roads in places like Lund safer, and it’s up to me to make those available to communities.
“I’m excited to take this up with the Council, alongside Graham, and to work with the people of Lund to give them the safe road and village they deserve.”
Beverley Rural Councillor Jeremy Wilcock (Lib Dem) said “People have been worried about speeding past Lund for years and years and years, so it’s great that, after I raised it with Graham, he’s going to help us do something about it.
“It’s ridiculous that the Council is saying that it would be too pricey to put in a speed limit of 50mph or do anything about this speeding hotspot.
“I’m proud to work with Lund Parish Council, the MP and Police and Crime Commissioner on a cross-party basis on the MP’s Make Our Roads Safer campaign to show that with local action and determination, it isn’t impossible to improve our communities.”
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Notes to the Editor
Attached is a photo of Graham with Allyson Kent and other 5K Your Way Runners and walkers,
