New website to lodge concerns about Shropshire and Mid Wales roads
Campaigners calling for improvements to roads in Shropshire and Mid Wales can make a bid for help, thanks to a new website.
Roads minister Andrew Jones told those wanting a Pant/Llanymynech bypass and the dualling of the A5 north of Shrewsbury that they would soon be able to share their worries directly with his office.
The site, highways.gov.uk/route-strategies has been set up as part of developing the Department for Transport's Road Investment Strategy for 2020 to 2025.
Mr Jones, who also said the strategy would be the foundation for much of the thinking about where major new investments should be after 2020, said it was important for local people to get involved.
They can make their comments on the site until July 1.
"We want them to share information on current issues on our roads or predicted future challenges," he said.
"This could include current congestion, litter hotspots, noise issues or persistent technology problems or future pressures, likely growth areas and planned investments around our network." We want our investment priorities to be rooted in evidence of the performance and condition of the network so we are very grateful to people for taking the time to help us in this way."
North Shropshire MP, Owen Paterson said it was important that those wanting to see the A5 dualled or a bypass for Pant and Llanymynech should put their views on to the website.
Mr Paterson gave the minister a whistle stop tour of the A5/A483 last week stopping at the Shottaton crossroads where Mr Jones climbed into a tractor to see for himself how dangerous it was to cross the junction.
