Joan's Legacy goes to Holyrood: Date set for meeting with Transport Secretary

A date has been set for a meeting with the Transport Secretary in our Joan's Legacy campaign.

We want to fill a gap in speed cameras on the A77 road in Ayr between the Whitletts and Bankfield roundabouts. It's the only stretch of the road not to have average speed cameras.

Our campaign is in the name of Joan Price from Troon who was tragically killed on this part of the road in January 2017.

Her car was hit head on by a young driver racing his friend at 140mph. She died instantly while her passenger was left with life changing injuries.

Both boyracers fled the scene but were eventually caught. They were sentenced to nine years in total between them for causing death by dangerous driving.

During the trial of one of the drivers, the judge said she "couldn't understand" why this part of the road had no speed cameras on it and hoped something would be done about it.

Colin Price, Joan's husband, also believes if it had speed cameras, the boys would not have been driving the way they were and Joan would still be alive.

More than 2,000 people have now signed our petition calling for the gap to be filled.

The new Transport Secretary, Michael Matheson, has also now agreed to a meeting with our senior reporter, Natasha Reid, and Colin Price. They will also be joined by local Conservative MSP Brian Whittle who has campaigned for safety upgrades to the whole A77 for many months.

It is hoped Mr Matheson will commit to installing speed cameras on this stretch to prevent further tragedies and heartbreak.

There is still time to sign our petition here.