Conservative County Councillor Patrick Greene (Moreton Division) has spoken of his delight at securing new road safety measures on the A 4130 at Hadden Hill.  He has been pressing for safety measures on this road for some years.

The road has an accident rating double that of the national average; there have been 2 fatal, 2 serious and 24 personal injury accidents reported in the last 4 years.  There have also been many unreported accidents where the police and ambulance service have not been involved.

As a result of today’s decision by the County Council there will be a 40 mph speed limit over a length of approximately 1.5km starting at the Tesco, Didcot, roundabout  and continuing just beyond the Long Wittenham cross roads.

Speaking at the Council’s Transport Decisions meeting on 3 January Cllr Greene said:

“I am delighted that we have been able to agree a package of road safety measures for the A 4130 and I look forward to the accident rate coming down.  I am grateful to the Cabinet Member for Transport Cllr Ian Hudspeth, and officers for supporting my request for a new speed limit which should be in place by April 2008.”