'Now's the time for talk to stop' MP's call after 12th Wakefield Road death.Byline: SAM CASEY THE time to talk is over - now it's time for action. That's the message from a concerned MP following the latest death on a road that has claimed a dozen lives. Wakefield MP Mary Creagh Mary Helen Creagh (born 2 December 1967) is a British politician. She is the Labour Member of Parliament for Wakefield. Mary Creagh was born and brought up in Coventry of Irish parentage, her father a car factory worker and her mother a primary school teacher, She was made the call after a 34-year-old Heckmondwike man died in a crash on Wakefield Road on Saturday night. He was a passenger in a Nissan Micra travelling from Grange Moor towards Wakefield when it came off the road and hit a tree near the National Coal Mining Museum shortly after 9.30pm. The 24-year-old driver, believed to be from Dewsbury, suffered minor injuries. He has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving and dangerous driving. The death is the 12th on Wakefield Road in 16 years. Ms Creagh, whose constituency includes the spot where the crash happened, has been campaigning for action to combat the problem. She met police and officials from Kirklees and Wakefield councils to discuss the issue in February. She said: "The time for talk is over and the time for action is here. "Clearly the need for something to be done has become more urgent in the wake of this latest incident." Following February's meeting, Kirklees Council agreed to add hazard warning signs and improve road markings from Grange Moor towards Wakefield. Islands will be put in the road at Lepton lepton (lĕp`tŏn') [Gr.,=light (i.e., lightweight)], class of elementary particles that includes the electron and its antiparticle, the muon and its antiparticle, the tau and its antiparticle, and the neutrino and antineutrino associated with for pedestrians. Wakefield Council is promising improvements at the Wakefield end, including clearer signs about a change in the speed limit from 50mph to 40mph and road narrowing. But Ms Creagh, who was named parliamentarian par·lia·men·tar·i·an n. 1. One who is expert in parliamentary procedures, rules, or debate. 2. A member of a parliament. 3. of the month by Huddersfield road safety charity Brake, wants more to be done. She said: "The fact that there are no speed cameras and no traffic calming traffic calming n → reducción f de la velocidad de la circulación traffic calming n → ralentissement m de la circulation at this end of the road is an invitation for drivers, particularly late at night, to put their foot down. "It's a deceptively dangerous road. It looks nice and straight and easy, but it's not. "Police have told me you get people reaching speeds of 90mph. "I've been pressing the police to erect signs telling people how many people have died, because that's the only way to get the message over." She said she had also raised the matter with transport secretary Geoff Hoon hoon Austral & NZ slang Noun a loutish youth who drives irresponsibly Verb to drive irresponsibly . Police want to talk to any witnesses to Saturday's incident. Contact Pc Ray Terry on 0845 6060606.. CAPTION(S): POIGNANT TRIBUTES: Flowers at the latest crash scene. MP Mary Creagh (left) has demanded immediate action |
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