A PEDESTRIAN crossing costing £114,000 will finally be built at a dangerous junction in Rayleigh where a woman was seriously injured in a road accident.
Essex County Council has earmarked April next year as the date of completion for the crossing, after funding was obtained from developers.
The crossing will be in Rawreth Lane, near the junction with Downhall Park Way, where a grandmother was seriously injured after being hit by a car in February.
Rochford district councillors were shocked after reportedly being told by a county council officer at a meeting earlier this month that the deadline for getting £73,000 for the crossing had been missed because the money had not been spent in time.
But, in fact, the county council now says the deadline was not until September 2009 and the money was just being held over so improved designs could be drawn up.
County councillor Nor- man Hume, reponsible for roads, said: "Essex County Council hasn't handed back any funds for a crossing to be built in Rawreth Lane. We have obtained more funding from developers."
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