Hart petition demands A179 Hartlepool road safety work
The online petition has attracted over 650 signatures so far, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.Hart Parish Council vice chair Thomas Britcliffe said he wanted the speed limit implemented as soon as possible."On a night when it's quiet people race along there and then crash at the roundabout at the bottom," he said.
Traffic 'crisis'
The petition stated that over 40 years the area had seen thousands of new homes built nearby, "all placing increasing pressure on the A179 link to the A19".Campaigners said "no significant upgrades have been made since Hart village bypass opened in 1983" and, with multiple large-scale energy projects planned off the A179, traffic congestion had reached "crisis levels."The petition runs until the end of September and will then be submitted to Hartlepool Borough Council's leader, Hartlepool's MP Jonathan Brash and Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen.Brash said campaigners had his "total support"."As a former resident of Hart Village and someone who has two young children, I know full well the very real concerns that residents have about traffic in that area," he said."I therefore fully support this campaign and would be only be too happy to meet with residents, the parish council, the borough council and Tees Valley mayor to see what can be done to deliver this for residents."
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