ROAD safety campaigners are ‘demanding’ more be done to protect drivers at an ‘accident blackspot’ near Moulton.
The junction of the busy A533 with Brick Kiln Lane and Jack Lane near the village saw four ‘reportable injury accidents’ between 2017 and 2022, according to highways data.
Campaigners are also complaining of long queues at peak times, which they say is linked to the village's rapid expansion in the last 10 years, with population growth of more than 25 percent.
The group has now set up an online petition 'demanding' traffic lights be installed at the junction, claiming attempts by Cheshire West and Chester Council’s (CWAC) highways department to ‘tweak’ the junction have ‘failed’.
The petition, published on CWAC’s website, states: “In the past decade, the village of Moulton has grown by over a quarter, and the junction with Brick Kiln Lane and Jack Lane and the A533 is no longer adequate for the traffic.
“The junction is an accident blackspot, and attempts to tweak the junction by CWAC have failed.
“A CWAC traffic review stated this junction needs ‘more detailed consideration', given the accident history in this location, and queuing at the junction during the peak hours’.
“We demand traffic lights to alleviate the dangerous junction."
Last year, housing developer, Miller Homes, undertook a review of the junction in relation to its proposed new 120-home development off nearby Niddries Lane.
Responding to issues highlighted by CWAC highways officers, Miller Homes proposed larger and more prominent warning signs, which would be lit-up at night, could be enough to deal with the problem, as three of the four accidents on record happened at night.
The campaigners say this in not enough, adding: “The local residents all know how difficult it is to exit Brick Kiln Lane, and it is clear that an induction loop-controlled traffic light on this junction would improve the situation considerably.”
So far, 48 people have signed the petition, which will run until Thursday, August 31.
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