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Calls for 20mph limit on Newhaven road after girl hit by car
Residents have called for a 20mph speed limit and pedestrian crossing on an East Sussex road where a four-year-old girl was hit by a car.A petition calling for improved safety measures on Lewes Road, Newhaven, launched after the child was injured on Monday, has more than 400 was taken by air ambulance to King's College Hospital in London where she Sussex County Council wished the girl a speedy recovery and said it will consider the petition when it is received.
James MacCleary, MP for Lewes, said at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday that the girl was recovering well in hospital but that residents living in the area have been "warning how unsafe these roads are" around Seaford and Porritt, who has lived on the 30mph road for 40 years, said: "It's very busy, especially in rush hour times it's a nightmare. There's nowhere to cross."There's been a few accidents on this road. It's just a race track, it's not safe for children or the elderly."
Carol White, another resident, said the road was used as a "cut through instead of the A26"."I was walking to my allotment on Sunday and a car was doing 70mph in a 50mph [road] leading into the town," she said. "No-one stops to let pedestrians cross."Mark Bunker, who has lived in the road for two years, said: "It's a very busy road, it's fast. "There's a blind spot at the top which is a high risk [area] for an incident."There was a really sad incident the other day. If there was a measure that could be looked at to reduce the speed, I think that would be a good idea."MacCleary asked Prime Minister Keir Starmer if he would intervene to unblock the funding needed to make the A259 and surrounding areas PM gave his "sympathies" to the family and the added that he had heard "a lot about this road" [the A259] and knew "it needs addressing".
