AFTER months of campaigning for road safety measures Ombersley residents are to find out what the Highways Agency has in store for a notorious accident blackspot near Droitwich.

The A449 between Ombersley and Claines has claimed the lives of at least five people in recent years, with many more seriously injured.

A petition signed by 415 people was handed to the chief executive of the Highways Agency earlier this year, calling for action on the dual carriageway and tonight, councillors are to learn exactly what is going to be done.

Highways Agency representatives will be meeting with Ombersley parish councillors before the parish council meeting tonight, to discuss their plans for the road before holding a public exhibition next Tuesday, when residents will be able to see the plans and ask questions.

Ombersley resident Wendy Coggan has been leading the residents' campaign for action.

"I don't expect they will have come up with anything that will satisfy the residents," she said. "We have had reports from them before, where they have said they would only impose minor changes but we want to see the speed limit reduced.

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"I have been campaigning as a resident but also as a parent. This road is not safe, especially around Hawford.

"I will be very interested to see what the Highways Agency has come up with this time."

In January this year, 30-year-old Richard Crumpler was killed at Hawford, where his car was in collision with another car on the northbound lane.

Last year, two Ombersley men were killed when the car they were travelling in crashed in to a tree in December and before that, in April, a man died when his car also hit a tree on the central reservation at Hawford Wood.

The parish council meeting will be held at Ombersley Memorial Hall at 7pm tonight, when members of the public are invited to attend.

The public exhibition, which is also being held in the memorial hall, will take place on Tuesday, October 26.