Inquiry to be held into Britain’s ‘worst road’

A three-day inquiry is to be held into traffic delays on the A12 in Essex, which has been billed as Britain’s ‘worst road’.

The heavily congested road, which runs between London and Great Yarmouth, carries more than 86,000 vehicles a day ad is regularly closed for roadworks.

Voted the worst road in a survey by Cornhill Insurance, the inquiry has been established by Essex County Council. It is the first in Britain to be set up by a local authority into the performance of an existing road.

Sir David Rowlands, who retired as permanent secretary at the Department for Transport in May, and who lives in Chelmsford, Essex, will head the inquiry, which will look at widening more of the A12 to three lanes.

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