Speeding Over 13,000 drivers break limits on Missing Link

HERE are fears speeding drivers could kill roadworkers on the ongoing A417 Missing Link project in Gloucestershire after the number of motorists caught breaking 40mph limits was revealed.

- Phil NORRIS

Gloucestershire police said that more than 13,000 drivers have been prosecuted for speeding through the roadworks.

And the message from National Highways is: 'Kill your speed not one of our roadworkers.

The £460million landscape-led National Highways scheme will deliver four miles of new dual carriageway, improving safety and reducing congestion, while seeking to conserve and enhance the Cotswolds National Landscape.

For safety during the works, average speed cameras were installed in 2024, and figures from Gloucestershire Police show that since November more than 13,000 drivers have already been caught speeding.

The A417 Missing Link has two 40mph sections. the first one is between the Highwayman Inn/Elkstone junction and Nettleton bottom, and on the Crickley Hill section between the A46 and Air Balloon roundabout.

Celine Acard, senior project manager for National Highways, said: "Safety is our number one priority.