Tonight, a police officer refused to allow me access to Kings Avenue –

there has been another crash blocking the road. I do not know the circumstances, nor if anyone was hurt, but I have now been raising the issue of Kings Avenue and the need to improve infrastructure for some months. I warned that there would be a serious crash before too long.

My concerns would appear to be justified by the events of tonight.

We need to build more homes, and that brings with it the need to have safe transport. Not just for the new people expected to move into Ely, but also for those who already live here: people who have been ignored for far too long.

We need an integrated transport plan and we need to make it happen now. We need to find solutions to the transport and other infrastructure problems.