The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
After reading NFU South Holland Branch Secretary Andrew Cross’s article regarding pressing for answers and concerns farmers have on the A16/B1166 Radar Corner, is it now time that local residents start putting pressure on Sir John Hayes and Coun Nigel Pepper?
Coun Pepper is the one who knows this dreaded junction as well as anyone.
Lincoln-based Coun Richard Davies does not understand or does not want to, the problems with this junction and is only concerned is with the cost of it.
I doubt apart from the odd few visits to this area he’s not overly bothered.
Sir John and Nigel need to start making noise at top level council/highways meetings – this is just one of the reasons they were voted into office.
Do people understand what the changes involve? The main one, coming from the B1166 going to Spalding, you’ll need to turn left go to the next roundabout (Crowland end) then return to the Radar Junction and carry on your journey to Spalding. This will put approximately another four-plus miles on a return journey. With all the confusion around the junction, I might have even got it all wrong.
Think of the carnage this will cause – drivers confused, U-turns in the middle of the road, turning in laybys, unable to turn at the next junction to go into Crowland.
The A16 was built to keep drivers off the back roads (Queens Bank, Moulton Chapel, Cowbit).
To sum it up, Sir John Hayes and Coun Pepper need to get Coun Davies to see sense before we see more accidents and carnage.
David Barfoot
Shepeau Stow
