£600k set aside to tackle speeding on Shropshire A-road

Mark Pritchard MP has welcomed the £600k funding made available by West Mercia's PCC John Campion

More than half a million pounds to clamp down on speeding has been set aside by a police and crime commissioner (PCC).

John Campion, West Mercia's PCC, has made £600,000 available to tackle the issue on the A41 in Shropshire and The Wrekin.

A portion of this can be used to install average-speed cameras.

Mr Campion said: "I hear regularly from victims impacted by speeding on our roads.

"It's important measures to improve road safety are acted on and given the resources needed to make change."

The PCC said he fully supported a route study currently being undertaken by Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin Council along the A41.

He added: "I would like to thank Mark Pritchard MP who has been a strong voice on ensuring the A41 is a safer place for motorists, and local residents supporting my commitment to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads."

Welcoming the availability of funding, Mr Pritchard, MP for The Wrekin, said: "I am glad that after years of campaigning to try and make the A41 safer for all road users, funding has been made available for average-speed cameras.

"I want to see [such a] scheme happen, to help reduce death and injuries on the Shropshire part of the A41."