MPs have asked for Government support to improve safety on the A18 following last week's collision which left five people dead.
Great Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell and Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers raised the issue during a meeting with Transport Minister Stephen Hammond.
The meeting, which was also attended by Scunthorpe MP Nic Dakin and Gainsborough MP Edward Leigh, was called to discuss a potential upgrade to the A15.
However, in the wake of last week's tragedy, Mr Mitchell and Mr Vickers took the opportunity to ask if Government funding would be available to improve safety on what has been dubbed Britain's most dangerous road.
Mr Vickers said: "We took the opportunity to raise the A18 with the minister and he is going to get his office to look at whether there are funding streams available to the council and we await his letter in the next week or two."
As reported, even before the crash, North East Lincolnshire Council was proposing to cut the speed limit on the A18 between Laceby Top roundabout and the county boundary at Ludborough from 60mph to 50mph, with a 40mph section between the Beelsby and Hatcliffe junctions.
They are also looking at a number of other safety measures, including adding solid white lines in the middle of the road to deter overtaking.
Mr Vickers added: "I welcome any move to restrict overtaking, as any user of that road will know it is very dangerous. For us locals it is not too bad because we know the road, but if you are a stranger – as these unfortunate people were – it is more dangerous."
Mr Mitchell said: "It does need action. I'm not sure what form that should take, but it certainly needs some form of widening and straightening. We can't leave it as it is."
The MPs also asked Mr Hammond if the Government would provide funding to improve the A15 between Lincoln and the junction with the M180 at Barnetby Top.
Mr Hammond said officials in his department would discuss the matter with Lincolnshire County Council.
Mr Vickers said: "Now that the Government has approved the A160 upgrade, improving the A15 is the next piece of the jigsaw in providing better access to the Humber ports."
Mr Mitchell said: "It is a long narrow road and accidents are caused by people trying to pass heavy goods vehicles.
"It would cost something like £300 million to dual, but it should at least be possible to put in passing bays."
Keep checking your Grimsby Telegraph for updates on the appeal.
