PRESSURE is growing for the layout of a new junction to be changed before there is a fatal smash, as readers have now told their stories of vehicles nearly slamming into them. The latest crash in which a man hit a wall and telegraph pole on the A38 Worcester Road, on the Copcut junction opposite the Copcut Elm pub, happened on Monday morning. Firefighters used cutting gear and small tools to cut the roof off the BMW to free the man, who was later taken to hospital. That crash followed another between a car and a motorbike on January 16 when a motorcyclist and his passenger were seriously injured, with them both rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for specialist treatment.
COUNCILLORS and residents have voiced frustration roadworks are returning to a junction, after more than a year of disruption. Permanent traffic lights were finally switched on at the A38 Copcut, while Pulley Lane and Copcut Lane became fully open in September, with residents hoping that had brought to an end a saga that lasted over a year. But it has now emerged, according to Bowbrook councillor Tony Miller, that the area has still has not been adopted by Worcestershire County Council as there remains work to complete. New roadworks are taking place this week, between January 27 and January 29, which are described as remedial works to access Severn Trent assets. During that work, Pulley Lane will be closed with a left turn in and out of Copcut Lane only.