Road closures planned for A449 to install new speed cameras
Speed cameras are being placed on the 'killer road'.
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Speed cameras are being placed on the 'killer road'.
The roadworks have been delayed to a later date.
AVERAGE speed cameras are set to be placed on a 50mph stretch of the main A449 between Hartlebury and Ombersley as police clamp down on those flouting the limits. The action – using the latest technology – is the first of its kind in West Mercia and is aimed to improve safety and reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured by changing driver behaviour. The cameras will be in place 24 hours-a-day. The project is a partnership between West Mercia Police, Worcestershire County Council and speed technology firm Jenoptik and has been made possible through funding from West Mercia P...
A WALL has collapsed in a Worcester road this morning.
Worcestershire County Council has opened Carrington Bridge, over the River Severn, to traffic for the first time. To allow the switch-over of traffic to take place onto the new carriageway Temeside Way was closed in both directions from Friday night, with some motorists reporting some traffic delays in the city as a result over the weekend. It has been a two year wait for the project to come to fruition, after almost £55 million of government funding was awarded in 2019 with the aim to provide much needed congestion relief for residents and businesses. Work began in the March of that ...