A Liberal Democrat councillor in Cornwall has criticised plans to improve the safety of one of Cornwall’s most dangerous junctions as “cut-price”.

The BBC reports National Highways has proposed a range of measures for the Plusha junction, which features a left turn onto the westbound carriageway with a very short slip road, but that councillor Adrian Parsons, who represents Altarnun and Stoke Climsland, said has called for a better solution.

“National Highways are looking to implement a cut-price scheme that I don’t think will serve any of us who live locally well,” he is quoted as saying.

“For me the only real solution would be a separated graded junction.”

The BBC quotes Cornwall Council figures released in June, the Plusha junction is the county’s worst accident blackspot.

National Highways said it had worked closely with the local authority to identify what could be done to improve road safety. t said the scheme could see the partial closure of some junctions for better traffic flow, improvements to road alignment and visibility, as well as improved signage and road markings.

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