Warning that junction could be dangerous without improvements

Warning that junction could be dangerous without improvements

Midlands Connect have said the junction could see a large increase in usage

Congestion at notorious bottleneck between Rugby and Lutterworth set to increase

CONGESTION at a notorious bottleneck between Rugby and Lutterworth is set to increase over the next ten years. New data from Midlands Connect shows that there could be an extra 6,800 vehicles a day, or 47,600 a week, using the A5 Gibbet Hill roundabout by 2035. The organisation says it is ‘compelling evidence’ that government funding is needed to upgrade the A5/A426 junction, which is already said to be at ‘critical mass’. The new data predicts …