North Cornwall MP to meet with Roads Minister to discuss Plusha Junction
The junction is one of Cornwall's 'accident blackspots'
There's continued calls for road safety improvements at Plusha Junction as a Cornwall MP is due to meet with the Roads Minister about next steps.
The section at Plusha, which connects the A30 with the services, has been described as an "accident blackspot" seeing several serious and fatal accidents in recent years.
Drivers are currently having to cross the busy road to access the services and the surrounding local area.
Ben Maguire, MP for North Cornwall, said:
"My constituents have run out of patience regarding the dangerous Plusha Junction and so frankly so have I. Despite is being one of the most dangerous junctions in the Duchy virtually no progress on improving safety of the junction has been made for many years now."
Maguire will be meeting with Lilian Greenwood, Minister for the Future of Roads, today.
MP Ben Maguire added: "For my part, I'll be meeting with the Road Minister to discuss the way forward for the Plusha Junction because it's totally unacceptable that we keep experiencing continuing accidents, continuing deaths that we've seen tragically over the last 12 + months.
"I've had meetings with ministers, and regular meetings with local representatives, local residents and parish councillors.
"I'm looking forward to that meeting and presenting our case for upgrades for the Plusha Junction."
Last month, it was announced Cornwall Council committed £250,000 to the work towards improvements, following calls for a redesign of the junction.
Our local authority is set to progress the business case for a major safety improvement.
It comes after proposals for a feasibility study into a possible upgrade at Plusha junction.
Maguire said: "I was pleased to see the amendment to Cornwall Council's budget included some money for feasibility studies and some initial work to potential upgrades to the junction."