Alicia Kearns MP secured and led an Adjournment Debate in Parliament on the safety of the A1.
An Adjournment Debate allows a backbench MP to take control of the debate in the Chamber of the House of Commons for thirty minutes on a topic of their choice.
Alicia called on the Government to:
- Introduce a new road sign nationally to warn of short slip roads ahead and encourage traffic to
- move briefly into right hand lane.
- Commit to delivery of the conclusions of the central reservation review by National Highways.
- Implement safety upgrades to junctions along the A1 in the long term e.g. Great Ponton and
- Colsterworth.
- Change the formula for how National Highways directs safety investments to consider fatalities per capita rather than in total to reflect lower population density areas.
Last year Alicia secured five safety upgrades to the stretch of the A1 in Rutland and Stamford, but is determined to do more.
Alicia Kearns, Member of Parliament for Rutland and Stamford, said:
“Nearly every week I receive a news alert of another accident along the A1 and each time I hold my breath hoping that there is not another fatality. This cannot go on.
“Short slip roads, dangerous central reservation crossings and poorly designed junctions put our communities at risk every day.
"After a recent meeting with National Highways, they confirmed they’re conducting a review of the A1’s central reservation crossings. I have also written to the Transport Secretary and secured a further meeting with National Highways.
“There is still more I want to do, but this debate was an important opportunity to set out my concerns to Government and raise our communities’ concerns in Parliament.”
