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Upgrading the Al 4 in Cambridgeshire is a matter of life and death. Jennifer
Ball reports on the 'killer road.
OPERATORS AND LOCAL residents in Cambridgeshire are stepping up their campaign for the Al4 to be upgraded following a series of accidents on what they are calling the -killer road".
Over the past four years 16 people have been killed and more than 1,000 people injured in accidents on the route.
Now John Bridge. the chief executive of Cambridgeshire's Chamber of Commerce, wants the government to press ahead with improvements that were recommended three years ago in the Cambridge to Huntingdon Multi-Modal Study. Fhese plans include widening the road to three lanes north of Cambridge and constructing a new section of dual carriageway.
He says; "The problems on this road are causing anger and resentment among local businesses and residents. The amount of delays and difficulties and human misery caused by the number of people killed and injured on this road is unacceptable."
One local operator. Bernard Howard, from PC Howard.goes so far as to say that the WorkingTime Directive (WTD) should be delayed until the UK's roads are up to scratch.
"The WTD is designed to improve health and safety and cut accidents, but the UK's poor roads are one of the main contributing factors to this," he explains.
"This legislation is going to cost UK industry £2bn/year,but if the government delayed its implementation the money saved could be used to fund improvements on some of the country's accident black spots."
In a statement, the Highways Agency says it is currently studying the proposals and will press for funding in 2008.