A WORKING group has been set up by the county council to tackle safety issues on a busy road into the Cotswolds.

Gloucestershire County Council’s Overview Scrutiny Management Committee agreed unanimously to the group being set up to look at the A429 which was the scene of a double fatality in July this year; the latest of a long line of fatal accidents on the road.

The safety review was pushed forward by county councillors Paul Hodgkinson and Nigel Moore

“The group will take evidence about the various problems along the road – accidents, poor road surface, gridlock at peak and holiday times - and will then come up with recommendations next spring,” said Cllr Hodgkinson.

“The A429 runs right through the Cotswolds – from south of Kemble through Cirencester to the iconic towns and villages further north like Bourton. It’s the way many get to the Midlands and south to the M4 so it deserves a really good examination of the issues.”