RESIDENTS living on “rat runs” across the county have welcomed a truck and lorry ban after years of living with the misery of noise and pollution.
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Notts County Council is set to undertake a 400,000 scheme to divert heavy vehicles away from nearly a dozen conurbations.
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Among those set to benefit are residents living in Bramcote. Heavy vehicles thunder down
Town Street blighting homeowners’ lives.
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Peter Howe, 50, has spent 22 years living on the congested road.
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He said: ”The sound of traffic in the garden is pretty severe. Over the last 10 years it has got particularly bad. The heavy lorries get caught on what’s known as devils bend.”
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Judith Raggett, 63, who owns a two hundred year old cottage on another sharp bend, said she fears for her safety.
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She said: “It’s become a night mare here over ten years. It’s frightening coming out of the drive although I have never had an accident. Cars come so fast down here it’s so dangerous.”
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“There’s no pavement on my side of the road so you have to stand on the road to cross and there is a blind spot. It’s just an absolute nightmare with the heavy lorries its constant and I feel very strongly.”
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“Two years ago we put the house up for sale and lots of people loved the cottage but didn’t like the road and parking. It’s so disheartening. It’s awful and dangerous.”
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Drivers in trucks over 7.5 tonnes caught flouting the rules will be fined up to £1,000 under new measures being drawn up by the County Council.
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Drivers will also face licence penalty points.
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Bill Graham who has lived in the area for ten years said the noise was unbearable.
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He said:” In a decade its has got worst and every morning with the heavy cement lorries you can feel the vibrations shaking through the house and it always wakes me up.”
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Jane Lewin lives onTown Street lives with her family in her detached period property and has considered moving house.
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She said:” The cars come up here really fast and I worry about my children’s’ safety. The road is too narrow at the top there have been serious accidents.”
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“If they stopped the heavy lorries we would think again and stay a lot longer.”