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Traffic gridlocked despite crash continegncy plans
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Plans to ease post-accident chaos on one of East Anglia's busiest roads seem to have failed. David Harris reports.
ONE OF SUFFOLK'S busiest routes was gridlocked after a fatal truck crash last week, just weeks after a traffic"summit" that was designed to help avoid chaos after accidents, Kevan Paterson was killed when his truck struck a bridge on the A 1 4 near Nacton at 3.45am on Wednesday. The road was closed for more than nine hours, causing traffic mayhem in Ipswich.
The busy A14 is a well-known accident black spot and a summit meeting of local authorities, emergency services and the Highways Agency was held in June in a bid to improve response to accidents. One of the main aims was to get roads opened more quickly after bad accidents.
But some suggest that the meeting has so far resulted in little change in the way accidents are handled in the area.
"I'm not aware of any change at all," says Suffolk County Councillor Julian Swainson.
A spokeswoman for the Highways Agency says they were unable to get the road open any quicker because the police needed to complete their investiga tion. "We have agreed that we will look at improving things in the longer term and we hope that by looking at accidents such as this we will be able to make a difference." she adds.
Kevan Paterson was a local man who had worked for Dart Distribution since 1997.
Dart Distribution managing director Andy Packer reports that he was popular and will be badly missed. "As you can imagine it has been a very sad week here," Packer concludes.