Road users in Wistaston are calling for improvements to a busy junction they believe poses a danger to motorists and cyclists.
Cheshire East councillors met with highways staff, parish councillors, Sustrans and ActiveTravelCrewe to discuss the A534 Crewe/Nantwich Road junction with Broughton Lane.
Broughton Lane often has queuing traffic while vehicles are trying to get out on to the A534 Crewe Road.
Users raised concerns that the A534 cycleway, which passes across the edge of the junction, is often ignored by motorists trying to turn out of Broughton Lane.
Wistaston Parish Councillor Graham Roberts met with Cheshire East Cllrs Margaret Simon and Jacquie Weatherill at a recent consultation event.
He said: “This junction has been a concern to me for some time.
“I’m a keen cyclist, who regularly uses the A534 Crewe/Nantwich Road.
“The way the cycle lane is marked out is not ideal.
“I think it needs to be reconsidered and improved.
“We cyclists have to be very careful we don’t ride straight into the path of a vehicle trying to turn out on to Crewe Road.”
ActiveTravelCrewe’s Ben Wye raised similar concerns at the consultation day.
Cllr Simon, who represents Wistaston on Cheshire East Council, said: “There was no better way of understanding this problem than going out, during the busy early morning traffic rush, to observe the junction being used.
“Having the cycling experts on hand to point out why they consider it to be unsafe helped us to understand why they think it is dangerous.
“Our highways team will now take away the comments made and draft a scheme of improvements to bring back to us all to consider and agree a way forward.”
Cllr Weatherill added: “This is a really good example of partnership working.
“If we want to encourage sustainable transport for as many people as possible it is of paramount importance that they feel safe using our local cycleways.
“Many more issues were raised by residents at the recent Consultation Day, there will be more recommendations coming forward from it in the next few weeks.”
(Pictured left to right: Peter Foster of Sustrans, Cllr Jacquie Weatherill, parish Cllr Graham Roberts, Ben Wye of ActiveTravelCrewe and Cllr Margaret Simon)
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