Graham launches Make Our Roads Safer Campaign
Graham Stuart, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, has launched a campaign to Make Our Roads Safer.
Graham has launched the cross-party campaign following discussions with campaigners and parish council clerks who are clear that something must be done to improve road safety in Beverley and Holderness.
Graham has met with campaigners in Cherry Burton, Lund and Middleton-on-the-Wolds to hear their concerns and now is asking all communities to come together to make the case that something must be done.
Make Our Roads Safer is a campaign which seeks to empower local communities to show local support for schemes such as traffic calming measures, changing speed limits and installing flashing speed signs.
Graham is working with ward councillors from across Beverley and Holderness to encourage local campaigns and to help them to take action.
The campaign is to be made up of numerous initiatives in towns and villages across Beverley and Holderness, with a local champion appointed to gather evidence of local support for a scheme which local people consider could make a difference.
This is aided by the recent announcement that the Government is giving East Riding Council £168 million over the next seven years to improve transport in the area.
Graham wants to see part of this money ringfenced for parish and town councils to make a meaningful impact on road safety.
Residents can make their views known, and sign up to join the campaign, at www.makeourroadssafer.org.
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart said: “In villages across Beverley and Holderness, we need action to make our roads safer.
“That’s why I launched the Make Our Roads Safer campaign – a hub where individuals can make a real and lasting impact on making it safer to live in communities everywhere in Beverley and Holderness.
“I’ve been struck on visits to Middleton, Cherry Burton, Woodmansey and Lund how much of an issue road safety is, which is borne out by discussions with parish councils across Beverley and Holderness.
“So if you have ideas to improve road safety in your community, join the campaign and make a difference to life in your area.”
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Graham Fighting for Middleton Bypass
It all begins with an idea.
Graham attended a meeting in Middleton about resurrecting plans for a bypass.
Graham attended the meeting following discussions with Beverley Rural councillor Jeremy Wilcock (Lib Dem) about how the transformational £168 million Local Transport Fund could be spent.
Following the announcement of the fund by the Department for Transport, which includes a requirement to consult MPs on the spending plans, Graham is determined to put local priorities at the top of East Riding Council’s list.
He has launched a survey to ask residents for their views on how the money should be spent, which has seen almost 200 responses so far.
Graham has also sought the views of parish council clerks across Beverley and Holderness to get a complete picture of what communities want from this extraordinarily huge sum of transport funding for our area.
The responses received so far include fixing pot holes and improving cycle routes, but also larger projects such as York to Hull Rail and bypasses.
Graham, alongside Lib Dem councillors Jeremy Wilcock and Diana Stewart, met Middleton-on-the-Wolds Parish Council to hear about their ambition to revive a bypass for the village, to deal with the numerous articulated lorries passing through the village every day.
The plans, created with the support of East Riding Council at the turn of the century, are detailed and thorough, showing a range of possible options. Graham is encouraging Middleton to form a committee to advance and update the plans and lobby East Riding Council to look again at their ideas, which were rejected due to no money being available in 2002.
A bypass would help reduce articulated lorries coming through the village, which often cause gridlock on Front Street and bring down bollards and even cause damage to buildings.
Several options were put forward twenty years ago, which members of Middleton-on-the-Wolds Parish Council showed Graham, Jeremy and Diana. They include smaller options which bypass Middleton only, and larger ones which take Bainton and North Dalton into account.
Residents of Beverley and Holderness can put their own ideas forward below. Graham will present these ideas to Leader of the Council Anne Handley in the coming weeks.
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart said: “I’m delighted to have had the chance to go to Middleton-on-the-Wolds and hear the ambition for a bypass, as well as to see the problem for myself.
“Middleton has a great parish council, highly motivated to improve the lives of residents.
“That’s why I’m grateful to the village and to Cllr Jeremy Wilcock for inviting me to come and see the issue for myself, and I’m looking forward to working with the villagers, and cross-party with the ERYC councillors, to make sure these plans receive the attention they deserve in County Hall.
“Middleton matters, and I’m keen to help the village make the case for using the transformational £168 million Local Transport Fund to reduce heavy vehicles from the village.”
Beverley Rural Councillor Jeremy Wilcock (Lib Dem) said, “I’m pleased to have brought Graham to Middleton and even more pleased that he’ll support Middleton take its bypass plans forward.
“It’s wrong that these huge lorries are coming through Middleton on a daily basis, and I’m looking forward to working with Middleton Parish Council, Graham and my council colleagues to press the case for a bypass.”