PEOPLE living near one of the North-west's busiest trunk roads have won a 30-year fight for an inquiry into a possible bypass.
The inquiry will look into plans for an £18.5m bypass at a notorious accident blackspot in the village of Temple Sowerby on the A66 in Cumbria.
Almost 13,000 vehicles pass through the village every day - 25% of them heavy goods vehicles.
The Highways Agency, which is behind the proposals for a 4.9km dual carriageway, said there had been 32 accidents in the village between 1995 and 2000.
The inquiry was ordered following objections to the plans on the A66 through Temple Sowerby near Penrith in Cumbria.
The majority of complaints are from people concerned about the impact it will have on their land.
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