Weight restriction call for busy town junction

SAT NAVS ARE SAID TO BE DIRECTING LORRIES THROUGH AREA

- By TELEGRAPH REPORTER

A COUNCILLOR has called for vehicle weight restrictions to further address residents' traffic safety concerns at a town junction.

Staveley Town Cllr Paul Mann wants to reduce the number of lorries moving along a worrying junction near Staveley which has already been the subject of a campaign for traffic lights.

Cllr Mann believes one of the main problems at the Inkersall Road and Inkersall Green Road junction, near Staveley, is the movement of HGVs through this area.

He is calling on Derbyshire County Council's highways authority to introduce a weight restriction along the roads with signage to deter lorries directed through this area via sat navs and travel apps.

The council has already confirmed a new, nearby Hollins Strategic Land housing development will involve the installation of traffic lights at the junction.

The authority has already reduced the speed limit from 60mph to 40mph through the area and along other parts of Inkersall Road and Inkersall Green Road not far from Inkersall Primary School.