A bid to protect vulnerable workers crossing a ‘dangerous’ road in Highams Park has been successful.

Earlier this year, disabled people working for Clarity in Jubilee Avenue said they feared for their lives on their way to and from work because there was no easy way for them to get over the road.

Jubilee Avenue is the main access route for shoppers and delivery vehicles to a Tesco superstore, industrial units and more than 200 new homes.

The boss of the160-year-old charity which moved into the area a year ago called on the council to make the road safer with a crossing.

The authority told charity chief executive Jeremy Robinson they may install one to protect the community and scores of disabled workers.

But in January, it was revealed the authority would not offer the funding because of a perceived lack of actual accidents.

However, five months on, it has been revealed that a crossing will be funded. Hale End and Highams Park Councillor Sheree Rackham said it was ‘great news’ for Highams Park.

She said: “After many months of lobbying the council for a safe crossing for Clarity who run a successful business in Highams Park and also after raising many other constituents concerns regarding how difficult it is to cross Jubilee Avenue, we are now on our way to getting a much needed crossing.

“Both Cllr Braham and myself, along with our MP Iain Duncan Smith, who all fought rigorously for this, are delighted that this will finally be implemented.”

A survey is being commissioned next week to find the best point of crossing. A letter from the council’s traffic team said a crossing should be built in the Autumn.

It stated: “This issue have been raised a while back by the organisation in question and it was always a matter of resources that did not allow us to address their request satisfactorily.

“However, I can now confirm that we have secured sufficient funding to investigate and implement a crossing facility in the Jubilee Avenue area.”