£1m pledge to improve A14 safety

16 people have been killed on the Cambridgeshire A14

More than £1m is to be spent by the Highways Agency on improving safety on the A14 in Cambridgeshire.

In the last four years, 16 people have died on the road in Cambridgeshire and more than 1,000 have been injured.

At a forum on Tuesday, convened by the county's Chief Constable, Tom Lloyd, for road users and officials, a number of suggestions were put forward.

These included driver education, engineering improvements and keeping lorries in the inside lane.

However, the chief constable said there was no easy solution to the A14 problems.

Not easy

"These things aren't just easy and quick solutions," he said.

"If we ban lorries from the outside lane, then they tend to form an impenetrable barrier on the inside lane.

"Similarly, we talked about lay-bys and closing them, but the RAC representative said if you close lay-bys there's no place for motorists who, in an emergency, need to have some refuge off the road.

"So... we've really got to think about this long and hard."

The Highways Agency committed to spending more than £1m over the next 18 months to improve safety and relieve congestion.