Residents who have campaigned for two years for safer roads around Bathgate will get nothing, West Lothian Council decided this week, due to a lack of funds.
The Executive heard that speed reducing measures at three sites in the rural hinterland around Torphichen would cost almost £100,000, and the council has no budget for the spending.
Residents have demanded the 40 mph speed limit be cut and pointed to poor sightlines, blind bends and summits on narrow winding roads with footpaths. Slackend crossroads is considered particularly dangerous by locals .
