MP Ian Austin hopes talks will help solve traffic misery
Dudley North MP Ian Austin said he is hopeful council highways bosses can look at finding solutions to traffic problems on two busy roads.
Mr Austin said he had received complaints about congestion at the junction of Parkes Hall Road and Sedgley Road as well as speeding on a stretch of the Birmingham New Road.
He has been in discussions with Dudley Council's highways boss Hilary Bills, who was due to meet with residents today to discuss the problems.
Drivers are often left frustrated as they queue in tailbacks at the Parkes Hall Road junction during morning rush hour and Mr Austin said he was keen to see if anything could be done ease congestion.
Campaigners also say drivers leaving the Foxyards estate in Woodcroft Avenue to get onto the Birmingham New Road face problems due to the speeds of oncoming cars on the dual carriageway.
There have long been calls from residents for traffic lights to be installed at the junction leading to Woodcroft Avenue on the border of Tipton and Dudley.
Some 600 people have signed a petition which is in support of the safety measures being introduced.
Mr Austin said: "I'm really pleased Hilary has agreed to meet residents and look at these issues herself.
"Gordon Laird and Terry Ledbury have been campaigning for ages for measures to tackle speeding cars on the Birmingham New Road and make the junction at Woodcroft Avenue safer for people coming off and on to the Foxyards.
"Congestions causes huge tailbacks at Woodsetton in the mornings and afternoon rush hours.
"People have to queue for ages and I have been working with local councillors Adam Aston and Keiran Casey to press the council to help sort it out."
Councillor Bills said she was happy to meet with residents and would update them on work being done in the area.
She said: "I regularly go out and meet people to look at the problems and have a chat so people can tell me what the issues are.
"A lot of the things I know about anyway but I will be able to update them on what is happening."
Speeding on the busy Birmingham New Road has long been a problem which both police and council bosses have been trying to tackle for a long time.
Data revealed under the Freedom of Information Act last year showed drivers had hit speeds as high as 100mph on the 40mph road since 2012.
