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Residents want mini roundabout gone after fatal incident

News | Rhiannon James - Local Democracy Reporting Service | Published: 16:38, Thursday March 16th, 2023.
Last updated: 16:38, Thursday March 16th, 2023

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The mini roundabout at the junction of Abernant Road and Pant-y-Cefn Road
The mini roundabout at the junction of Abernant Road and Pant-y-Cefn Road

Residents in Markham are calling on the council to get rid of a mini roundabout following a fatal incident last year.

A petition to remove the mini roundabout at the junction of Abernant Road and Pant y Cefn Road was raised by Argoed Community Council and has 380 signatures.

Argoed councillor Walter Williams presented the petition at a full Caerphilly County Borough Council meeting on Wednesday March 15.

Cllr Walter Williams, Labour councillor for the Argoed ward
Cllr Walter Williams, Labour councillor for the Argoed ward

He said: “The residents and community council call on Caerphilly County Borough Council to provide a safe pedestrian crossing and barrier, remove the mini roundabout, and return it to a junction controlled by a stop sign and double white lines.”

He added: “I hope we don’t have to have another fatality before something is done.”

On December 9 2022, pedestrian Sandra Chamberlain, 67, was hit by a car at the mini roundabout. She later died in hospital from her injuries.

Another petition for a different mini roundabout in Markham was raised in December 2022.


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