A COUNCILLOR has warned '"do you want a child to die first" before a dangerous village road is sorted out.

Cllr Martin Allen, who is a district councillor for Upton, as well as a parish councillor for Kempsey, has said his pleas to the county county to take speeding concerns seriously on the A38 in Kempsey repeatedly falls on deaf ears.

Cllr Allen said: “I’m trying to get the county council to put three extra crossing points on the A38, so children particularly from the new estate in particular to use when travelling to the play park area.

“I don’t get any decent replies from the council, even though they’ve been out and looked at the issue.

“It’s very frustrating and I believe we can do better.

“Do they want a child to die before something is done?!”

Cllr Allen has said he is considering standing as a county councillor to gain more power over getting the issue sorted out once and for all.

In June 2020, we reported on persons unknown installing a fake speed camera made out of cardboard and painted yellow, attached to a lamppost on the A38 near to Windmill Lane, to act as a deterrent to speeding motorists.

Cllr Allen added: “When the motorway closes, the A38 becomes the main thoroughfare and becomes even more dangerous to people living in Kempsey.

“We could also do with speed cameras on entry to Kempsey to get drivers to slow down.

“I see the new crossings as having lights to warn drivers that pedestrians are there but the exact type would be down to the experts to decide.”

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A spokesperson from Worcestershire County Council said: “The council continues to work with Kempsey’s locally elected member and the Parish Council to install traffic management measures to highlight speed to motorists who drive through the village. Kempsey is also a site for the safer roads partnership for speed enforcement.

"An individual would have to make an application via the county council website requesting an officer to make the correct assessments for crossings to be installed.”