Working for a safer A19

Rishi Sunak at Stony Lane

Rishi has secured safety improvements on the A19 - one of the busiest roads in North Yorkshire.

Working with his neighbouring MP Kevin Hollinrake, Rishi has sucessfully pressed National Highways (formerly Highways England) to improve access points on the road.

Their campaign followed the death of an elderly woman whose death was caused by another vehicle passing through a gap in the dual carriageway's central reservation and hitting her head-on.

A series of improvements has been completed - including the closing of more central reservation gaps and some access points, new junction layouts, and better safety barriers, signs and road markings.

Gap closures at Mount Grace Priory and Stony Lane - where the fatal accident took place - have been implemented.

 

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More safety measures for A19 after MPs' campaign

Consultation on proposals for further safety improvements on one of the busiest roads in North Yorkshire will start in the spring. The proposals for the A19 – which include closures of some central reservation gaps – are the result of a campaign by MPs Kevin Hollinrake and Rishi Sunak to reduce dan

MPs welcome progress on A19 safety campaign

Rishi and fellow North Yorkshire MP Kevin Hollinrake have welcomed further progress on making the A19 in North Yorkshire a safer road. Following completion of work to close gaps in the central reservation at Mount Grace Priory, near Northallerton, Highways England is pressing ahead with design work

Rishi steps up campaign to improve safety of A19 in North Yorkshire

Rishi and a neighbouring North Yorkshire MP have stepped up their successful campaign to secure safety improvements to a key trunk road running through the heart of their constituencies. Kevin Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk and Malton, and Rishi are continuing to press for junction improvements to

More work to improve safety of A19 in North Yorkshire

Safety campaigners and Rishi Sunak MP have welcomed continued work to improve safety on the A19 in North Yorkshire. More works are to take place to close dangerous central reservation gaps and make junctions safer on the busy dual carriageway between Teesside and the A1. At a briefing for the

MPs welcome progress on A19 safety study

A study of dangerous crossing points on the A19 in North Yorkshire will be completed by June this year, highways chiefs have said. The study was commissioned in December 2017 after an inquest into the death of a pensioner who died when a van crossed from one carriageway to another through a gap and

A19 death gap to be closed after pressure from Rishi Sunak

The gap in the central reservation which led to the death of a pensioner on the A19 is to be closed following pressure from Rishi Sunak and fellow North Yorkshire MP Kevin Hollinrake. M Sunak, MP for Richmond, and Mr Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk and Malton, called on Highways England (HE) to close the

MPs team up to improve A19 road safety

Rishi Sunak has joined forces with fellow North Yorkshire MP Kevin Hollinrake to back calls for dangerous gaps and crossing points in the central reservation of the A19 to be closed. Mr Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk and Malton, and Mr Sunak, MP for Richmond, have jointly written to Highways Englan