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To: Gary Streeter, Conservative MP for South West Devon
Increase pedestrian and cyclist safely on the A38 footpath between Lee Mill and Ivybridge, Devon
Liaise with the appropriate council and /or the Highways Agency to introduce more sufficient safety barriers and road lighting along the pedestrian footpath/cycle way which runs immediately alongside the A38 Express Way between Lee Mill and Ivybridge.
If road barriers aren't a practicality to instead consider either (a) slowing the speed limit for traffic between the Lee Mill and Ivybridge junctions and/or (b) reducing the lanes from two to one to allow sufficient room for the placement of safety barriers and an adequate filter lane onto the A38.
Why is this important?
There have been fatal collisions between pedestrians and vehicles on this particular stretch of road in the past.
Just this month (April 2019) a car came off the A38 onto the pedestrian walkway.
There are frequent car accidents along this stretch of road as evidence by the additional collision on 17.04.2019.
It is a regularly used footpath for both pedestrians, cyclists and school children.
The footpath is extremely narrow in places.
There are particular areas of the footpath which are extremely close to fast moving traffic (70mph) with no protective barrier should cars diverge off the road or bicycles slip into oncoming traffic.
The slip road from Lee Mill onto the A38 in the Exeter direction is of particular concern as if traffic is unable to filter onto the often heavily congested A38 there is a risk they will drive onto the pedestrian footpath as there is no protective barrier in situ.
The footpath is pitch black at night time making it unsafe for pedestrian walking.
This stretch of road has a bus stop which requires passengers to disembark along it.
