Residents calling for pedestrian crossings in a village heaving with traffic where an elderly man was knocked down and killed have called the current situation “dangerous and hazardous”. As many as 20,000 vehicles pass through Sturry crossing in Canterbury on a daily basis, entertaining traffic into the city from Thanet and Herne Bay. Campaigners have taken aim at a section of road a stone’s throw away from the train station – where Sturry Hill and Island Road meet – saying the lack of safe passageways is proving to be problematic for dwellers. Calls for change come just days after a man in hi…
