AN ANXIOUS wait continues for residents and councilors

looking into plans for a by-pass for Barton.

Results of a study into the road project will be back with

the council at the end of November.

But until the research highlights the best possible

solutions plans are on hold.

The death of 74-year-old Dorothy Murphy, who was killed in a

collision with a heavy goods vehicle while on a pedestrian

crossing last month, sparked calls for the construction of a

town by-pass.

As previously reported in the Scunthorpe Telegraph, Barton

Town Councilors voted in favour of analysing old plans,

constructed in the early 1990s, at this month's council

meeting.

Ms Shirley Richards, town clerk, explained the process was a

slow one.

"It is taking a while to receive them as they were in the

hands of Humberside County Council before the change of

authority," she said.

The council said since the project would have such a high

cost it would be looked at very carefully before a decision was

made.

Traders have had mixed views. Despite welcoming the new road

for lorries and HGV vehicles they are concerned the diversion

of through-flow traffic could hit town trade.

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