Dave Watts MP backs reduction in East Lancs Road speed limit

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A RENEWED push for the speed limit to be slashed and a new crossing created on a stretch of the East Lancs Road is being backed by St Helens North MP Dave Watts.

He is supporting calls by a group of Moss Bank residents for the reduction of the 60mph limit and a traffic light controlled pedestrian crossing.

Campaigners want the local authority to drop the speed limit to 50mph and install speed cameras where the road runs past the Clinkham Wood and Haresfinch estates.

Mr Watts said: "It is still clear that the vast majority of motorists using this section of the East Lancs are travelling at high speed.

"I would strongly urge the council to take immediate action to control the speed of traffic on this busy stretch of road and to look again at the possibility of either providing a controlled crossing or a bridge to provide a safe crossing point for local residents and their children."

Mr Watts added: "It is still clear that many children and adults are very unwilling to use the Moss Bank, underpass in order to cross the East Lancs Road."

by Andrew Kilmurray.