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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Wesley Holmes

Campaigner's warning over road that's 'accident waiting to happen'

A man says his road is an "accident waiting to happen" with pedestrians forced to walk down a narrow footpath as cars pass by.

Two years ago, residents of Liverpool Road in Neston were informed by Cheshire West and Chester Council that the speed limit outside their homes would be reduced from 30mph to 20mph - however, the changes yet to be made. A Council spokesman said the new speed limit would come into effect later this year.

Michael Waters, 84, who has been campaigning for the speed limit to be slashed since 2020, said: "You cannot walk side by side on the pavements. The pavement is very narrow at some points, just 2ft between the lamp post and the kerb. If somebody is coming down with a pram, anybody walking in the opposite direction has to step into the road.

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