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THE parents of a man who died in a smash at a notorious junction have hit out after a £650,000 safety scheme was delayed.

Lancashire County Council has already approved the spending of £50,000 to buy three areas of land at the Britannia crossroads in Oswaldtwistle to build the "life-saving" roundabout.

But the scheme has hit delays. Although the money is in place there have been problems with acquiring the land.

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That don't surprise me one little bit:(

Re: Brittania Crossroads
 

So why was it not finished months ago???

They started work in November, could have been October but definitely mentioned at the November Area Council Meeting.

I pass almost daily and there is almost nothing done from one day to the next.

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They have built a little island on the left on the new lane side, i run past most mornings, thats biggest change in how many months

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Its getting on for 6 months now

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Their waiting for a photo call with Dorothy, Neil:rolleyes:

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perhaps they are taking so long in doing it so that it sinks into the thick head boy racers that are the cause of the majority of accidents up there that the road is actually changing

after they have zoomed past for a few months it may gradually sink in that they have to slow down

shoudla slapped a speed camera at the junction and made money instead of spending it , they would only zoom past once lol

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I would whole heartidly agree. This is absolutely one place a speed camera would be welcomed and seen not as a cash cow.

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You would need two, one in each direction. Or one of those reversible ones.

Next we need Lottice Lane resurfacing. It must be one of the worst roads in Hyndburn.

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Get onto your County Councillor Neil, mind you you'll have to pop over to Clayton to see her, we don't have a county councillor living in Ossy, well not at the moment that is:rolleyes:

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I was sat next to her for 2 hours at the last Area Council meeting and forgot to ask her what the completion date is and why it has taken so long.

I think they are using it as a fill in job to make it as cheap as possible. I feel sorry for the people who live up there. Living next to that mess for all these months is out of order.

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i suppose its good if tehir kids are bob teh builder fans in which case it will be like a 2 year long play for teh kids to watch through tehir windows at this rate lol

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It is due to be completed 15th June Neil ... so a few weeks as yet.
Think the council have been cautious on this one to get it right as very controversial and, of course, the land acquisition took time.

Does say includes road reconstruction on Lottice Lane, not sure to what extent though ?

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Kate, they started work in early November 2008 if not sooner. Weeks have past with no work being done. Nothing to do with cautious, all the planning was done well over 3 years ago. Yes they said delays were down to acquiring the land.

I want to know why it has taken so long to build it? June will be 7 months plus to build a roundabout. I bet it would not have taken that long if the roadworks were in the middle of Preston :(

Whoever is responsible for this work should be explaining what is taking so long.

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Maybe if our County Councillor Dorothy Westell lived in Ossy and used the junction almost daily as I do she would have kicked ass and had it sorted months ago.