In October, I joined Chris Thorold, founder of the Louis Thorold Foundation, the Mayor, and the County Council at Car Dyke Junction on the A10 to see the work completed by Urban&Civic in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council, following the tireless campaigning of Chris Thorold. The Louis Thorold Foundation was set up in loving memory of Mr Thorold’s late son, Louis, who was tragically killed at the site last year. It seeks to reduce infant pedestrian road deaths to zero through a variety of methods, including the promotion and advancement of road safety.
Now that the work on this stretch of A10 has concluded, there is a reduced speed limit of 40mph, a new toucan crossing, and a widened cycle/pedestrian network – all of which will help protect pedestrians along the route in the future. Alongside this, development work is imminent at the neighbouring Waterbeach Barracks and on the road toward Cambridge, where a new segregated cycle route is planned to improve safety.
I am in no doubt that this is just the beginning of the Foundation’s impact.
