Following the serious car crash on Monday 10th August, Rillington residents have come together to relaunch the campaign for a bypass: as reported in the Malton & Pickering Mercury:
Crash sparks relaunch of bypass campaign
“Residents are up in arms that their demands [for a bypass] have been ignored by the highways authorities and the Government. More than 50 people who live along or near the main A64 Scarborough Road met at the village hall to tell the Mercury why they are so annoyed about the issue”
Beatrice Robinson, who founded the Rillington Bypass Group (RBG) and organised the meeting said “We have suffered a grave injustice. We have been ripped off in the past because Rillington is somewhere just a little dot”.
During the meeting residents talked of their personal experiences, the seriousness of which was highlighted when one resident told of how his house had been struck by a truck in the early hours one morning. The long history of the bypass was raised by Colin Wicks who “read extracts of the history of the campaign dating back to 1973, including backing from MP John Greenway for a bypass and dates when exhibitions were held to show how the bypass would look. He said ‘Updating the single carriage through Rillington should not be an option. Rillington must have its bypass for all the reasons spelt out over the last 30 years’”.
