Campaigners are asking Kent County Council to implement more cameras where a woman was killed and another injured at a pedestrian crossing.
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00:00Now the time's just gone, half past seven in the morning.
00:03Now a road in Westgate-on-Sea has been labelled as one of Kent's most dangerous, as campaigners
00:07are asking Kent County Council to implement more cameras, and it comes after a woman was
00:12killed at a pedestrian crossing.
00:13Yeah, 71-year-old Julia Thomas died earlier this year when a Ford Fiesta hit two adults
00:18on the A28 Canterbury Road, a second woman was also seriously injured.
00:23Well let's take a look at that petition now and some of the details, Bartholomew, you
00:27have more on this?
00:29Yeah, that's right, it was set up by Michael Grantham, I'll actually be speaking with him
00:32later on in the programme.
00:34We can bring you some pictures in just a moment of what that petition looks like online and
00:40part of that road.
00:41So the A28 in Westgate-on-Sea, people who live there say that they've often seen issues
00:47with people speeding.
00:48Michael Grantham is asking for average speed cameras and red light cameras and more pedestrian
00:54lighting to improve safety.
00:56You can see what the road looks like just there.
01:00This is actually the crossing where Julia Thomas, the 71-year-old, died in January this
01:04year after being hit and you can obviously see floral tributes left there for her.
01:11In terms of that incident, police say they're still investigating the crash and no arrests
01:15have been made, but more than 400 people have signed this petition.
01:20If it gets to 750 signatures, we can see it on the screen there on change.org, then
01:25Kent County Council will debate whether or not it will think about putting in some of
01:33those measures.
01:34Obviously we know we've reported on speed cameras in the past.
01:38Speed cameras can only be put in when there's been a certain amount of fatal injuries at
01:42a certain part of the highway.
01:44We can read a short statement from the council now.
01:48Kent County Council says, we were sorry to hear about the incident on the A28 Canterbury
01:52Road.
01:53Our thoughts are with those affected.
01:54KCC is reviewing the detailed report from Kent Police following the crash at the Canterbury
01:58Road-Minster Road junction.
02:01Once the petition is submitted, KCC will undertake a detailed review of what is being requested
02:06and petitions submitted to KCC are processed in accordance with the petition scheme.
02:10So obviously more about that can be read on the Kent County Council website.
02:14Let's hear from Michael Grantham now, who was speaking with one of our reporters in
02:19Westgate.
02:20So, we're talking 70 miles an hour, certainly, probably even faster for the bikes.
02:29The issue there is we have a number of turns onto the main road, so people turning right
02:34onto the main road from side roads, and if one of those is heading for them and they
02:41don't register how fast they're going, one day there will be a serious accident.