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# Work to install traffic lights at fatal Lichfield junction expected to start this summer
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/work-to-install-traffic-lights-at-fatal-lichfield-junction-expected-to-start-this-summer/
- Published: 2023-01-31T08:06:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-30T21:39:56.000Z
- Description: Planned improvements at a Lichfield junction will now take place this summer, councillors have confirmed.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, Transport, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:07, News

Planned improvements at a Lichfield junction will now take place this summer, councillors have confirmed.

A public campaign was launched for changes to the Eastern Avenue and Grange Lange link after the death of a motorcyclist.

Staffordshire County Council has agreed to fund a £250,000 plan to install traffic lights.

But despite work originally due to take place by the end of March, Cllr Paul Ray – Chadsmead representative at Lichfield District Council, said the changes would now take place later this year.

> “I have been in recent communication with Cllr Janice Silvester-Hall at Staffordshire County Council about this.  
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> “The £250,000 of funding for permanent improvements at this junctionwas put in the capital programme for 2022-23, which meant that the works were to be completed by the end of March 2023.  
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> “Staffordshire County Council have again confirmed that these works will happen, but now in the summer of this year.  
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> “They have said that that is due to issues with access to resources resulting from previous lockdown restrictions and the Ukraine war.”  
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> Cllr Paul Ray, Lichfield District Council

The [death of Luke Cotton](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/family-pay-tribute-to-motorcyclist-who-died-in-lichfield-crash/) at the junction in 2021 led to a campaign involving councillors and local residents [calling for safety improvements](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/councillors-and-residents-say-funding-must-be-found-to-improve-lichfield-road-junction-following-fatal-crash/).

Cllr Ray said:

> “I know that this delay is a real disappointment considering the previous commitment that was made, but Staffordshire County Council have confirmed that the works will be done in the summer.  
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> “I have had this confirmation from Cllr Silvester-Hall and the cabinet member responsible for roads and transport, Cllr David Williams, who has given me the same confirmation.  
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> “This summer 2023 deadline must now be hit.”  
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> Cllr Paul Ray, Lichfield District Council