The official responsible for Essex?s roads has admitted drivers will face years more A127 traffic misery because the road is too busy and councils can?t afford to do much about it.Paul Bird, Essex County Council?s director of commissioning for transport and infrastructure, made the frank admission in response to recent Echo coverage of problems with the main road in and out of Southend.<\/p>\n
After winning ?25million of Government cash to improve four key A127 junctions County Hall has admitted this will only address short and medium-term issues with the road.<\/p>\n
About ?17million of that money will go to improve the Fairglen Interchange ? where the A127, the A130 and the former A130 meet. More than 70,000 vehicles a day are using it and the scheme is considered a priority.<\/p>\n
However, work is not due to start there for four years, because the project will require planning permission, a public inquiry, land acquisition and public consultations.<\/p>\n
Mr Bird said the road had ?a number of issues?, including: ! The need for major structural maintenance ! Day-to-day delays caused every time an accident happens ! An inability to cope with any extra traffic ! Delays related to problems at key junctions where traffic joins from Southend, Basildon and Chelmsford…. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A few decades back, Ron Oatham was involving in some surveying work for a third lane for the A127, all the way from the M25. Of course , it never happened, it’s a prime example of how the infrastructure of South Essex has been neglected. There have been improvements, notably the A1245 and the greatly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12,16],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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