Workington MP Sue Hayman has joined the fight to improve a pair of dangerous staggered junctions on the A66.

Plans for a roundabout were mooted for the Brigham and Broughton turn-offs at drop-in sessions organised by Highways England a year ago.

Around 900 people attended the sessions.

But nothing has moved on and campaigner Mick Crombleholme, of Church Meadows, Great Broughton, asked Mrs Hayman to get involved. 

She wrote to Highways England. 

She said: "It's been a year since the consultation and I wanted to find out what the result of the consultation was and what they're doing to resolve the problem.

"I know the junction really well and the traffic there is bad. It's worrying that a lot of people try to pull out of there and it's dangerous."

Highways England said it was carrying out technical surveys and cost assessments.

In a letter to the MP, Bruce Parker, asset development manager for Highways England, said: "The scheme has not yet been formally approved and funded for construction, but we are continuing to progress with development work this year, which will provide us with a firmer idea of costs and benefits, and the value for money of the scheme.

"Assuming a decision to fund the scheme is made this year, the earliest date to start of works would be in 2017-18.

"The scheme currently under consideration is a roundabout at the Brigham-Broughton junction, but we will review other options if this scheme proves not to be viable."

Jonathan Reade, asset manager, said the cost of the project is likely to be in the range of between £2 million and £5 million.

Mr Crombleholme said: "It's a never ending story, I don't feel confident the project will go ahead soon, we spent a long time on this and we got answers that were hopeful, but nothing specific.

"Fortunately Mrs Hayman has been extremely good and she is exploring all sorts of avenues to find out what the financial situation is and the progress.

"They could find money for this improvement, because we've waited long enough."