Rebecca demands Worcestershire County Council get their heads out of the sand

Rebecca Blake has urged the County Council to face up to the evidence that the Bromsgrove Highway Footbridge continues to be an unnecessary danger instead of denying it and demands they take action before there is another fatality.

Rebecca says "The county council's decision to wait for 12 months to see whether there are more suicides on the Bromsgrove Highway footbridge is unbelievable and the denial that there have been no incidents in the last 12 months is simply untrue. 

Redditch Borough Council have confirmed through a freedom of information request to the police that there have been four incidents where a person has threatened suicide from 1st November 2012 to 31st January 2014. 

This weekend the threat of an individual taking his life from the bridge was so serious the highway had to be closed.  That takes threats at that location since 2006 up to 37 with the addition of 6 tragic fatalities.

Why have the county council ignored four threats of suicide since the last fatalities in 2012.  Will the recent threat now make them take their heads out of the sand & take responsibility.  Or are they still prepared to wait for another loss of life and the repercussions for the potential victims using the highway".