THERE’S yet another row brewing over a roads scheme in Worcester - and this time around it could become even more brutal than the last.

Around 18 months ago, County Hall’s leading Tories decided to announce future plans to upgrade the Ketch island, one of Worcester’s busiest roundabouts, on the A38.

Naturally enough, St Peter’s Parish Council asked council chiefs to see any drawings of what the plans might be, only to be told by transport bods that nothing was available.

Consequently, the feelers were put out by the parish’s most vociferous members that any attempts to cut into the St Peter’s boundary to make the roads bigger would be as welcome as a sinner in church.

Despite more attempts to see the details, diddly squat has been in the offing, with the county council insisting it would not be until the autumn of this year when anything emerges.

Lo and behold, a drawing has now appeared in the public domain, but on the website of Malvern Hills District Council.

The image, which has ‘work in progress’ plastered on it and dates back to July 2012, shows how a large section of the boundary protecting homes up Broomhall Way could be sliced into to create a slip road for drivers heading to the motorway.

It’s only made its way into the public domain because Welbeck Land, a London-based developer, has submitted the drawing to the district council as “supporting evidence” which (allegedly) backs up its bid to build 2,200 new homes off Bath Road.

Now a right fuss has ensued, despite the county council saying it is still some way off publicly announcing final plans for the island.

The parish council has been quick to jump on the bandwagon, saying the saga could rival the infamous £1.3m Whittington island revamp, which it declared an “unmitigated disaster”, and suggesting County Hall would rather they kept quiet and let them get on with it.

Furthermore, it’s promising to oppose any plans which would see the buffer zone reduced to accommodate a slip road. It’s a bit like those Jaws films, this one - with each series becoming even more exasperating to watch.

* SPEAKING of roundabouts, the Monster Raving Loony Party has refreshed its policies, with a particularly memorable one being a new law so motorists can drive over islands when there’s nothing about.

Wouldn’t this make driving in cities like Worcester much more fun?