Safety concerns have arisen over traffic stemming from increased development in a Suffolk village, after several reports of pedestrians being hit by passing vehicles in recent months. Long Melford councillor Richard has written to Suffolk Highways requesting urgent safety improvements to the pedestrian access along Hall Street, which is used by hundreds of residents to access the village’s main shopping area. It follows a recent instance where an 82-year-old man was reportedly struck by a vehicle as he was walking by the Bull Hotel, at a point where the footpath drops down to the same level as…
