THE wife of a man who died in an accident on the A466 Wye Valley Link road is the latest to voice her disappointment with a Welsh Government safety study.

Catherine Russell was married to the late Gerald Russell, who lost his life crossing the road in October 2015.

It was this accident, and Mrs Russell’s subsequent push for safety measures on the road, which in part led to the commissioning of the report.

For Mrs Russell the report has fallen short in a number of areas, not to mention the time it took to finish the report.

Mrs Russell said: “I am pleased that the report has finally been published, it is now 14 months since I first instigated the campaign to improve the safety on the A466 following my husband’s death in 2015.

“It has been a very slow process and I have to say  that I am disappointed with the contents of the report.

“Most of the results in it are things that we already knew. There is no mention of collision severity, only collision frequency. Should we assume that the Welsh Government only considers a collision frequency threshold and does not include a severity of harm threshold?”

She also noted the lack of investigation to solutions outside of altering the road itself.

Mrs Russell continued: “There is little mention of other potential solutions for improvement. I have always thought that a ‘Park and Ride’ facility would be a favourable solution, then the lay-bys could be removed.

“With the removal of the lay-bys hopefully there would be less litter on the sides of the road that is the entrance to Wales.”

This report does not mark the end of the fight for a safer road for those involved, as Mrs Russell is already looking toward the next step.

She said: “I hope to have further discussions with all other parties involved because I am determined to persevere and make that road safer.”