SUPPORT is growing to take action over the heavy volume of traffic travelling along the A435 through Studley.
At Tuesday night’s annual parish meeting chairman Councillor Paul Beaman acknowledged the endless stream of cars and lorries has effectively ‘split the village in two’.
He went on to announce that he would be representing the village at a top level highways meeting convened to discuss the impact of the Redditch Eastern Gateway industrial development on Gorcott Hill which is likely to further increase the volume of traffic in Studley.
“We know we can no longer do nothing about this,” he said.
His comments have been welcomed by residents campaigning against the number of juggernauts passing through the village, a situation made worse by overnight closures on the three lane M5 and roadworks on the dual carriageway A46.
Nicky Edden of Studley Traffic Action Group said: “We’ve got this in both directions and how on earth they expect a small village like ours to deal with that volume of traffic is beyond me.
“They say they are putting diversions in place but where are they? Drivers just put it into their satnavs and follow those instead of the official diversions.”
However she welcomed Coun Beaman’s intervention, even though the date of the highways meeting, which will involve representatives of both Worcestershire and Warwickshire as well as local MPs, has been pushed back due to the General Election.
“No firm date has been set yet and my fear is it will just be kicked back and forgotten about and we’ll be left with the consequences.”
